“…White rot fungi have been studied for their ability to degrade recalcitrant organo-pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Bogan & Lamar, 1996), chlorinated phenols (Ruckenstein & Wang, 1994), PCBs (Sasek et al, 1993, Beaudette et al, 1998, dioxins (Takada et al, 1996), pesticides (Kullman & Matsumura, 1996), explosives (Gorontzy et al, 1994), dichloroaniline (Arjmand & Sandermann, 1985) and dyes (Kirby et al, 1995, Shin et al, 1997, Rodriguez et al, 1999. From the analysis of literature it is found that many authors used white rot fungi for decolorization of textile effluents (Chagas & Durrant, 2001 Though the number of studies on the biodegradation of dyestuffs have been steadily increasing in recent years, very few researches are reported for biodegradation of azo dyes, such as Cibacron Yellow S-3R using white rot fungi (Yesilada et al, 1998) and hence in this present research an attempt has been made to investigate the biological decolorization of the azo dye Cibacron Yellow S-3R using Coriolus Versicolor (MTCC 138).…”