Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents
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...
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| author | Antonella Pannocchia Antonella Mangiavillano Valeria Prigione Pietro Giansanti Valeria Tigini Giovanna Cristina Varese |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f148d7f5a1945869ffb1d51fe0e7e562022-12-22T02:49:56ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412010-08-012355056510.3390/w2030550Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile EffluentsAntonella PannocchiaAntonella MangiavillanoValeria PrigionePietro GiansantiValeria TiginiGiovanna Cristina VareseTextile 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.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/2/3/550/textile wastewatersbiosorption treatmentfungidyessaltssurfactantstoxicity |
| spellingShingle | Antonella Pannocchia Antonella Mangiavillano Valeria Prigione Pietro Giansanti Valeria Tigini Giovanna Cristina Varese Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents Water textile wastewaters biosorption treatment fungi dyes salts surfactants toxicity |
| title | Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents |
| title_full | Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents |
| title_fullStr | Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents |
| title_short | Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents |
| title_sort | fungal biosorption an innovative treatment for the decolourisation and detoxification of textile effluents |
| topic | textile wastewaters biosorption treatment fungi dyes salts surfactants toxicity |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/2/3/550/ |
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