摘要：Microbiological decolorization and degradation is an environmental friendly and cost-effective alternative tothe chemical decomposition methods. Most of the fungi are robust organisms which are generally moretolerant to high concentration of pollutants. White rot fungi have the ability to attack a wide range of recalcitrantcompounds including dyes. White rot fungi Trametes hirsuta was taken for textile effluent degradation.Spectroscopic studies were carried out at every 24 hours interval. UV-VIS spectrophotometric studies onfungal treated effluent showed that the decolorization was due to biodegradation of the effluent and notbecause of bioadsorption. From FT-IR study, the break up of azo dye was confirmed with the disappearanceof azo peak at 48 hours of the treatment.
