Comparative Study of Dye Decolorization using free and Alginate Gel Entrapped Laccase from Cercospora sp. SPF-6

Rapid development of dye industry has accelerated the production and commercialization of dyes leading to serious environmental and health hazards. Waste water released by various synthetic dye industries can pollute and harm the aquatic environment [1,2]. Physical and electrochemical methods including coagulation, ion exchange, and oxidation for the removal of azo or recalcitrant dyes from the effluents become obsolete due to their technical and economical limitations [2]. In the current decade biocatalysts being efficient have received great attention for synthetic dye decolorization and also generate no-toxic product [3].