MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341069731 A) filed by Bharath Institute Of Higher Education And Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Oct. 16, 2023, for 'live bed polyurethane foam based myco-bioreactor for the dye effluent treatment.'
Inventor(s) include R. Shenbhagaraman; S. Jenefar; and S. Suresh Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present finding is to design, develop live bed Polyurethane foam based myco-bioreactor using basidiomycetous fungi for the treatment of textile effluents. In the present study, the live bed myco- bioreactor designed by immobilising the potential lignolytic white rot fungi Perenniporia subtephropora in a cheap material open polyurethane foam. After immobilisation, PU foam with fungal mycelia was packed in glass/pvc column to build the bioreactor. The bioreactor was used for the dye effluent treatment with an efficiency of 80% dye removal. The bio reactor has half-life of about 7 days, after that the bioreactor can be easily revived or regenerated using fungal nutrient medium for to 2-3 days to retain its normal level."
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