Integrated fungal biomass and activated sludge treatment for textile wastewaters bioremediation

► A textile effluents treatment was integrated with a fungal biodegradation step. ► Trametes pubescens MUT 2400 was the best, over nine strains, in terms of decolourisation. ► The following step by activated sludge was effective in COD and toxicity reduction. ► The fungus was packed in a bioreactor in order to treat larger volumes of wastewater. ► Further steps must be taken in order to set this process at an industrial scale.