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Successful cultivation of edible fungi on textile waste offers a new avenue for bioremediation and potential food production.
Hazelgrove, Liberty; Moody, Suzy Clare.
Affiliation
  • Hazelgrove L; School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK.
  • Moody SC; School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK. s.c.moody@kingston.ac.uk.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 11510, 2024 05 20.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38769087
ABSTRACT
Textile waste contains both natural fibres such as cotton and bamboo viscose, and synthetic fibres such as elastane and polyester. As a complex mixture, textiles present a challenging pollution issue as breakdown in landfill results in microplastics entering water and soil environments, and incineration results in particulate air pollution. Here the use of edible fungi as bioremediation agents of waste textiles is described for the first time. Three species of filamentous fungi were shown to colonise and grow on mixed fibre textile waste (underpants made from 28% cotton 68% bamboo viscose 4% elastane). All three fungi were able to metabolise the common textile dye Reactive Black 5 to some extent. The metabolome was captured to elucidate the dye remediation pathway utilized and to characterise the volatiles released during bioremediation with a view to assessing the safety profile of this process for future industrial applications. The results suggest that edible fungi may be cultivated on textiles, and that some interesting and useful compounds may be produced in the process. This has great biotechnological potential. No mushrooms were produced in this study, suggesting that further work will be needed to optimise conditions for crop production from waste textiles.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Textiles / Biodegradation, Environmental Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Reino Unido

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Textiles / Biodegradation, Environmental Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Reino Unido