Mineralization of a sulfonated textile dye Reactive Red 31 from simulated wastewater using pellets of Aspergillus bombycis

Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 1 Comparative performance of selected Aspergillus bombycis culture with other fungal strains for dye removal from aqueous solutions

Fungal strain	Dye (concentration)	Time duration	Decolorization (%)	References
Aspergillus niger	Congo Red (10 mg/L)	36 h	99	Karthikeyan et al. (2010)
Aspergillus niger	Acid Red 151 (20 mg/L) Orange II (20 mg/L)	24 h	98 84	Ali et al. (2009a, b)
Aspergillus bombycis	Reactive Red 31 (20 mg/L)	12 h	99	Present study
Armillaria sp.	Reactive Black 5 (100 mg/L)	96 h	65	Hadibarata et al. (2012)
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	Direct Red 80 (20 mg/L)	72 h	100	Sen et al. (2012)
Trametes versicolor	Blue 49 (50 mg/L)	7 days	94	Pilatin and Kunduhoglu (2011)
Pleurotus sajor-caju	Reactive Blue 220 (50 mg/L)	11 days	100	Munari et al. (2008)
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	Direct Red 80 (50 mg/L)	24 h	100	Singh et al. (2010)