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Efficacy of white rot fungal biomass of Phanerochaete chrysosporium for adsorption and removal of reactive red and reactive blue dyes from water

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Water pollution has become a worldwide issue, particularly in developing countries. This study aimed to cleanse water contaminated with reactive red (RR-198) and reactive blue (RB-19) dyes via adsorption onto nonliving white rot fungal biomass Phanerochaete chrysosporium under different operational conditions. It was found that P. chrysosporium removed more of RB-19 than RB-198. The conditions of pH 3, temperature 50 °C, adsorbent dosage 0.6 g, particle sizes of adsorbent (0.25 mm), and contact time (30 min) were optimum for removal of the dyes. RR-198 and RB-19 were removed with levels of 78.4% and 86.4%, respectively at pH 3; 79.6% and 90.0%, respectively using 0.6 g of adsorbent dosage; 82.0% and 87.0%, respectively at 30 min; and 82.0% and 87.2%, respectively at 50 °C. Thus, dead P. chrysosporium biomass was shown to be a biosorbent for the uptake of RB-19 and RR-198 dyes.

Source: BioResources

DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.4.9334-9342

Authors: Aisha M. H. Al-Rajhi, Amna A. Saddiq, Mohamed A. Al Abboud, Tibra J. Khusaifan, Tarek. M. Abdelghany, Samy Selim