Scientists used a mix of wood-decaying fungi, locked inside tiny chitosan beads, to break down toxic textile dye pollution in water, clearing over 97% of the dye in just 8 hours and leaving behind water safe enough for fish, cells, and mung bean seedlings to thrive in.
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Immobilized white-rot fungal consortium achieved 97.35% decolorization of mixed anthraquinone dyes within 8 hours
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LCMS detected breakdown into low molecular weight organic acids (phthalic, oxalic, malonic, succinic, fumaric, malic, citric, isocitric), confirming dye molecules were structurally destroyed, not just faded
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Treated water showed strong detoxification: 80% zebrafish survival, 84% HeLa cell viability, reduced DNA damage, and normal mung bean germination and growth
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