Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 1.1. Physico-chemical characteristics of textile effluent. 1.2. Classes of dyes used in textile industry. 1.3. Toxicity of textile dyes. 2. Methods of decolorization and degradation of dyes in textile effluent. 2.1. Physico-chemical methods-An overview. 2.2. Biological methods. Chapter 3: Advanced methods of degradation of dyes in textile effluent. 3.1. Genetically modified microorganism and their enzymes. 3.2. Biofilms. 3.3. Nanoparticles. 3.4. Immobilization. 3.5. Microbial fuel cells. 3.6. Conclusion and future prospective.

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Ram Lakhan Singh, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Rajat Pratap Singh