The effect of nitrogen supplementation on the efficiency of colour and COD removal by Malaysian white-rot fungi in textile dyeing effluent.

Lee KK, Kassim AM, Lee HK.

Faculty of Applied Sciences, MARA University of Technology, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. lee766@salam.uitm.edu.my

Abstract

White-rot fungi, namely Coriolus versicolor and Schizophyllum commune, were studied for the biodecolorization of textile dyeing effluent in shaker-flask experiments. The results showed that C. versicolor was able to achieve 68% color removal after 5 days of treatment while that of S. commune was 88% in 9 days. Both fungi achieved the above results in non-sterile condition with diammonium hydrogen phosphate as the nutrient supplement. On the other hand, the best COD removal of 80% was obtained with C. versicolor in 9 days in sterile effluent with yeast extract as nutrient supplement, while S. commune was able to remove 85% COD within 8 days in non-sterile textile effluent supplemented with diammonium hydrogen phosphate.

PMID: 15497832 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15497832