• R.Meenakshi
• K.Selvam

In the present study the selected wood rot fungi were isolated from forest area of Chitteri hills, Eastern Ghats of Tamilnadu, India. From the study area three different wood rot fungi namely, Ganoderma applanatum, Inonotus dryadeus and Trametes hirsuta were isolated from Albizia lebbek, decayed wood logs and Prunus avium respectively. The fungi were used to decolourize the azo dyes such as Orange G, Methyl orange and Congo red. The results were obtained for dye removal. The dye industry effluents were decolourized by wood rot fungi in batch mode and continuous flow mode. The results exhibits the colour removal by the fungi was mainly due to adsorption of the dyes to the mycelial surface and due to metabolic breakdown. Microbial decolourization processes for the textile industry wastewater have the benefit of being cost-effective, eco-friendly and producing lesser sludge.

Azo dyes, Decolourization, Ganoderma applanatum, Inonotus dryadeus, Trametes hirsuta

"DECOLOURIZATION OF AZO DYES AND DYE INDUSTRY EFFLUENT BY Ganoderma applanatum, Inonotus dryadeus AND Trametes hirsuta", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.278-289, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903339.pdf

"DECOLOURIZATION OF AZO DYES AND DYE INDUSTRY EFFLUENT BY Ganoderma applanatum, Inonotus dryadeus AND Trametes hirsuta", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp278-289, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903339.pdf