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- Title
Degradation and Mineralization of Azo Dye Reactive Blue 222 by Sequential Photo-Fenton's Oxidation Followed by Aerobic Biological Treatment Using White Rot Fungi.
- Authors
Kiran, Shumaila; Ali, Shaukat; Asgher, Muhammad
- Abstract
A two stage sequential Photo-Fenton's oxidation followed by aerobic biological treatment using two white rot fungi P. ostreatus IBL-02 (PO) and P. chrysosporium IBL-03 (PC) was performed to check decolorization and to enhance mineralization of azo dye Reactive Blue 222 (RB222). In the first stage, selected dye was subjected to Photo-Fenton's oxidation with decolorization percentage ≈90 % which was further increased to 96.88 % and 95.23 % after aerobic treatment using two white rot fungi P. ostreatus IBL-02 (PO) and P. chrysosporium IBL-03 (PC), respectively. Mineralization efficiency was accessed by measuring the water quality assurance parameters like COD, TOC, TSS and Phenolics estimation. Reduction in COD, TOC, TSS and Phenolics were found to be 95.34 %, 90.11 %, 90.84 % and 92.22 %, respectively in two stage sequential processes. The degradation products were characterized by UV-visible and FTIR spectral techniques and their toxicity was measured. The results provide evidence that both fungal strains were able to oxidize and mineralize the selected azo dye into non-toxic metabolites.
- Subjects
BIODEGRADATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; AZO dyes; FENTON'S reagent; OXIDATION; WHITE rot (Grapes); FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2013, Vol 90, Issue 2, p208
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-012-0888-0