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Alternaria Fungi Team Up to Break Down Textile Dyes

Alternaria Fungi Team Up to Break Down Textile Dyes

Alternaria tenuissima, Alternaria arborescens

What they found

Two Alternaria fungi grown together produced 2.44 times more laccase and removed up to 15.57% of a synthetic dye.

Two Alternaria fungi grown together produced 2.44 times more laccase and removed up to 15.57% of a synthetic dye.

The number

2.44 times more laccase

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Lab – chemical analysis

Lab – chemical analysis

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At a glance

Latin name

Alternaria tenuissima, Alternaria arborescens

Alternaria tenuissima, Alternaria arborescens

Compound

laccase

laccase

Published in

Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences

Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Dye Pollution

Dye Pollution

Two fungi, Alternaria tenuissima and Alternaria arborescens, proved powerful in breaking down synthetic dyes using an enzyme called laccase. When grown together, they produced 2.44 times more laccase than found in synthetic conditions. The fungi removed up to 15.57% of Rimazol brilliant blue R and 13.71% of Trepan blue.

Two fungi, Alternaria tenuissima and Alternaria arborescens, proved powerful in breaking down synthetic dyes using an enzyme called laccase. When grown together, they produced 2.44 times more laccase than found in synthetic conditions. The fungi removed up to 15.57% of Rimazol brilliant blue R and 13.71% of Trepan blue.

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