Biosorption of Azo Dye Reactive Black B onto Nonviable Biomass of Cladosporium cladosporioides LM1: Thermodynamic, Kinetic and Equilibrium Modeling

Biosorption performance evaluation of azo dyes Reactive Red 2 and Reactive Blue 4 on thermally sterilized biomass of Cladosporium tenuissimum fungus

“…Within microorganisms used, the fungi can remove reactive azo dyes from aquatic polluted systems by two mechanisms: enzymatic biodegradation and biosorption (Medina-Moreno et al, 2012). Nevertheless, owing to the structural stability and complexity of the reactive azo dyes, enzymatic biodegradation by fungi is usually partial, eliminating the coloration in the wastewater but leading to the formation of byproducts (Dionel et al, 2019). Fungal biomass used for the biosorption process of reactive azo dyes is feasible since biomass as a biosorbent is economical and relatively easy to propagate by fermentation techniques (Aksu and Karabayir, 2008).…”