Industrial waste water and sediment containing heavy metals causes many ecological and health related problems. Many conventional methods were already being used to decontaminate the environment from adverse effect of these pollutants but yet most of the methods used are very expensive and far away from their best possible performance. The capability of microorganisms to bind metal ions is a we...

Microorganisms can be important biosorbents for heavy metal remediation of contaminated soils and wastewaters.With different types and concentrations of heavy metals, strains display different resistance and removal abilities to the heavy metals. In the present study, biosorption of Pb(II) was carried out using Aspergillus niger NCIM 616 and also studied the effect of paramaters such as pH, tem...

The biosorption characteristic of Cu(II) using live and dead cells of Yarrowia lipolytica as biosorbents have been investigated in the present research. Biosorption of Cu(II) was enhanced with an increase in pH, temperature, agitation, contact time and initial concentration of the metal ion. It was observed that dead and live biomass efficiently removed copper at 30 min at an initial pH of 5.0....

Biosorption of heavy metals by various types of non-living (microbial) biomass appears as a very cost-effective new alternative for decontamination of metal bearing effluents. The understanding of metal biosorption mechanisms has progressed to the point where the process is being readied for scale up and field applications. Packed bed sorption columns is perhaps the most efficient equipment for...

105 ABSTRACT: The isolated fungi species of different kinds from chromium contaminated soil sites located in Nagalkeni, Chennai were used for reducing chromium(VI) in a tannery industry wastewater of Nagalkeni, Chennai. The experiments were conducted to know biosorption potential of isolated fungi species for removing chromium(VI) in a tannery industry wastewater against the different pH, fungi...

The biosorption characteristics of Cd (II) ions using the living biomass of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum were investigated. This microalga is a highly tolerant species to cadmium toxicity; for this reason, it is interesting to know its potential for use in the removal of this metal. The use of living biomass offers better possibilities than that of dead biomass since cadmium can ...

In the present study, the capability of dried indigenous biomass of Vibrio and Oceanimonas, was assessed and compared for mercury biosorption from aqueous solutions. It was found that both of the biosorbents reached equilibrium after 60 min of contact although the mercury sorption capacity of Vibrio was significantly more. Its sorption capacity increased from 9 to 83 ...

The biosorption process of a lypophilised cell suspension of Aspergillus niger was studied for selenite ( − 2 3 SeO ) removal from acid mine drainage in the Sarcheshmeh porphyry copper mine. The biomass was first characterised by the potentiometric titration, and the major ionic content was evaluated. The experimental data suggest that the biomass cell wall contains two main acidic groups with ...

Many researchers have studied the biosorption of different pollutants. However, a quite limited number of works focus on selectivity, which may be characterized as specific property for each biosorbent. Two main criteria need to be adopted for the selection and synthesis of modern biosorbents, such as their rebinding capacity and selectivity for only one target, molecule, ion, etc. Selective bi...

Rhizomucor tauricus, an industrial fungus, was immobilized in sodium alginate and used as adsorbent for the removal of nickel from aqueous solutions. The biosorption capacity of Ni(II) was found to be 394 mg/g of immobilized biomass. It was observed that an increase in pH from 3 to 6 increased the percent adsorption, and an increase in liquid-to-solid ratio from 2 to 10 increased the metal upta...