Analysis of removal of cadmium by action of immobilized

Cadmium (Cd) is a metal that can negatively interfere with the metabolic systems of living beings. The objective of this work was to evaluate the capacity for cadmium removal in aqueous solutions by immobilized sp. in Chlorella calcium alginate beads. Beads without sp. were used as a control. All Chlorella the treatments were established in triplicate for 80 min, at four concentrations of cadmium (0, 20, 100 and 200 ppm), taking samples of aqueous solution every 10 min, to be read using atomic absorption equipment. The study determined that the treatment of alginate beads with immobilized sp. removed Chlorella 59.67% of cadmium at an initial concentration of 20 ppm, this being the best removal result. Bence Mátyás ( ) Corresponding author: [email protected] : Data Curation, Methodology; : Data Curation, Methodology; : Supervision, Writing – Review & Author roles: Valdez C Perengüez Y Mátyás B Editing; : Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Original Draft Preparation Guevara MF No competing interests were disclosed. Competing interests: Valdez C, Perengüez Y, Mátyás B and Guevara MF. How to cite this article: Analysis of removal of cadmium by action of immobilized 2018, :54 (doi: sp. micro-algae in alginate beads [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] Chlorella F1000Research 7 ) 10.12688/f1000research.13527.1 © 2018 Valdez C . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the , which Copyright: et al Creative Commons Attribution Licence permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Grant information: 15 Jan 2018, :54 (doi: ) First published: 7 10.12688/f1000research.13527.1 1 1 2