The Effect of Initial Biomass of Fungal Mycelium Aspergillus tamarii on Dye Decolourisation of Methylene Blue

Abstract

Azo dyes are a class of synthetic dyes that are widely used in a variety of industries. However, azo dyes can be harmful to the environment and human health. Aspergillus tamarii is a fungus that can be used to biosorb azo dyes, meaning that it can bind to the dyes and remove them from solution. The objectives of this research are to investigate the effect of initial biomass of Aspergillus tamarii on the efficiency of azo dye removal and to develop a first order model to predict the removal of azo dye at different initial biomass of Aspergillus tamarii.