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Turkey Tail Breaks Down Textile Dyes in Wastewater

Turkey Tail Breaks Down Textile Dyes in Wastewater

Turkey tail

What they found

Turkey tail degraded over 80% of harmful textile dyes, fully breaking them down within 3 days.

Turkey tail degraded over 80% of harmful textile dyes, fully breaking them down within 3 days.

The number

over 80% efficiency

How solid is it?

Lab dish

Lab dish

In vitro (lab dish)

In vitro (lab dish)

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At a glance

Latin name

Trametes versicolor

Trametes versicolor

Published in

ResearchGate

ResearchGate

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Wastewater Cleanup

Wastewater Cleanup

The white-rot fungus turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) showed over 80% efficiency in breaking down harmful textile dyes, including Disperse Red-I, Disperse Blue-I, and mixed industrial wastewater. By optimizing growth conditions (pH 6, 28 °C, nutrient-rich media), researchers boosted the fungus’s ligninolytic enzyme activity, enabling rapid dye adsorption within 12 hours and full degradation in 3 days.

The white-rot fungus turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) showed over 80% efficiency in breaking down harmful textile dyes, including Disperse Red-I, Disperse Blue-I, and mixed industrial wastewater. By optimizing growth conditions (pH 6, 28 °C, nutrient-rich media), researchers boosted the fungus’s ligninolytic enzyme activity, enabling rapid dye adsorption within 12 hours and full degradation in 3 days.

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