ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the feasibility of immobilized fungi in the treatment of a wide range of industrial effluents and emphasizes future perspectives of their employment in different modes. Immobilization of whole microbial cells is achieving greater importance in wastewater treatment. Immobilizing whole cells outweighs the limitations of enzyme immobilization, which is a monotonous and time-consuming process; moreover, isolation and purification of enzymes is expensive, which is not the case for whole-cell immobilization. Industrial processes produce a large amount of toxic pollutants, which are disposed into treams without following discharge standards. The pulp and paper industry is an energy-intensive, high-use water consumer as the paper manufacturing process exploits a huge amount of water, some part of which is discharged as effluent. Water pollution is a concern worldwide; hence, biological remediation is an innovative, evolving sparkling science which consists of a low-cost, no side effect, and ecofriendly nature as it uses naturally dwelling microbes having the capacity to hasten the degradation process.
