Bioremoval of heavy metals from aqueous solution using dead biomass of indigenous fungi derived from fertilizer industry effluents: isotherm models evaluation and batch optimization.

ABSTRACT: The present work investigated the utilization of dead biomass of the highly multi-heavy metals tolerant indigenous fungal strain NRCA8 isolated from the mycobiome of fertilizer industry effluents that containing multiple heavy metal ions at high levels to remove Pb²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Mn²⁺ as multiple solutes from multi-metals aqueous solutions for the first time. Based on morphotype, lipotype and genotype characteristics, NRCA8 was identified as Cladosporium sp. NRCA8. The optimal conditions for the bioremoval procedure in the batch system were pH 5.5 for maximum removal (91.30%, 43.25%, and 41.50%) of Pb²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Mn²⁺ but pH 6.0 supported the maximum bioremoval and uptake of Ni²⁺ (51.60% and 2.42 mg

SUBMITTER: El-Gendy MMAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10684411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature