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Wastewater originating from the textile industry is one of the major sources of pollution for surface and groundwater bodies in countries where textiles and other dye-products are produced. Along with dyes, textile wastewaters also contain varying amounts of metals/metalloids, salts and organic pollutants. Moreover, these wastewaters have high temperatures and varying pH. Various physico-chemical and biological strategies have been devised to remove dye contaminants from such wastewaters. However, biotechnological approaches have attracted worldwide attention for their relative cost-effectiveness and environmentally friendly nature. Most biotechnological approaches rely on the use of microbes that have the potential to enzymatically degrade and decolorize dye-containing textile effluents. During recent years, several microbial cultures as well as microbial enzymes have been characterized and …