Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents

Water

Valeria Tigini²  Valeria Prigione²  Pietro Giansanti¹  Antonella Mangiavillano¹  Antonella Pannocchia¹ 

[1]Laboratorio Analisi del Dipartimento Provinciale della Provincia di Torino (SC06), Sede di Torino, via Pio VII, 9-10135 Torino, Italy

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[3]Department of Plant Biology, University of Torino, viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Torino, Italy

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关键词: textile wastewaters;    biosorption treatment;    fungi;    dyes;    salts;    surfactants;    toxicity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w2030550

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Textile effluents are among the most difficult-to-treat wastewaters, due to their considerable amount of recalcitrant and toxic substances. Fungal biosorption is viewed as a valuable additional treatment for removing pollutants from textile wastewaters. In this study the efficiency of Cunninghamella elegans biomass in terms of contaminants, COD and toxicity reduction was tested against textile effluents sampled in different points of wastewater treatment plants. The results showed that C. elegans is a promising candidate for the decolourisation and detoxification of textile wastewaters and its versatility makes it very competitive compared with conventional sorbents adopted in industrial processes.

【 授权许可】

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