Recent Myco-Dye Decolorization Studies (Mini-review)

Dyes are colored materials being extensively used in coloring the varieties of substances or substrates. They may be natural or synthetic depending upon their utilities. Worldwide extensive uses of the synthetic dyes are a matter of serious concern. Their uses by paper industries, cloth’s industries, textile industries, chemical industries, pharmaceutical industries, food industries and other types of industries release the significant quantities as effluent and seriously polluted the ground water causing undesirable death and decay of water dependent lives. From the environmental point, it is very necessary to develop the methodologies for the destruction and remediation of these serious pollutants. Uses of fungi in decolorization or detoxification of synthetic dyes may be a green and useful route for this purpose. Several research works have been done in this area and many are going on by researchers to find out the efficient way for such bioremediation. This review concisely describes about the recent dye decolorization studies of past year (2019) performed by scientists/researchers using fungi or fungal based enzymes.

Keywords: Fungus, dyes, myco-dye decolorization, decolorization, remedtaion, pollution.