DECOLORIZATION OF A PIGMENT PLANT EFFLUENT BY PYCNOPORUS-CINNABARINUSIN A PACKED-BED BIOREACTOR

Authors
SCHLIEPHAKE K LONERGAN GT JONES CL MAINWARING DE
Citation
K. Schliephake et al., DECOLORIZATION OF A PIGMENT PLANT EFFLUENT BY PYCNOPORUS-CINNABARINUSIN A PACKED-BED BIOREACTOR, Biotechnology letters, 15(11), 1993, pp. 1185-1188
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
15
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1185 - 1188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1993)15:11<1185:DOAPPE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The decolourisation of wastewater from a pigment plant by the white-ro t fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus was studied in a packed-bed bioreacto r. Decolourisation was first observed 48 to 72 h after inoculation and was followed using UV/VIS spectrophotometry. An assessment of the inh ibitory properties of the effluent on the growth of Pycnoporus cinnaba rinus showed that this fungus can tolerate high levels of potentially toxic waste.