Industrialization increases use of dyes due to its high demand in paper, cosmetic, textile,
leather and food industries. This in turn would increase wastewater generation from dye …

Water pollution, mainly occurring from manufacturing industries, has been a serious
environmental issue in the contemporary world. Dyeing processes produce a massive …

Azo dyes have become a staple in various industries, as colors play an important role in
consumer choices. However, these dyes pose various health and environmental risks …

The textile sector is 14% of total industrial production in India and contributes to about 4% of
the gross domestic product and earns about 27% of India's total foreign exchange …

Extremophiles comprise microorganisms that are able to grow and thrive in extreme
environments, including in an acidic or alkaline pH, high or low temperatures, high …

Azoreductases are diverse flavoenzymes widely present among microorganisms and higher
eukaryotes. They are mainly involved in the biotransformation and detoxification of azo dyes …

As a result of the use of a large amount of salt in dye industries, azo dye decolorization is
often needed under hypersaline environments and low dissolved oxygen. Consortium GG-1 …

Biological removal of dyes has been advocated due to its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and
low operational requirements in comparison to physicochemical methods of treating dye …

The high pH and salinity of textile wastewater is a major hindrance to azo dye
decolorization. In this study, a mixed bacterial consortium ZW1 was enriched under saline …

Microbial communities inhabiting the Antarctic Ocean show psychrophilic and halophilic
adaptations conferring interesting properties to the enzymes they produce, which could be …