Metal binding by algae has enormous potential for environmental bioremediation of
industrial and urban wastewater. Algae have been proven to be cheaper and more effective
for the removal of metallic elements in aqueous solutions. The present work reports the use
of dried filamentous green algae, Oedogonium sp., for the sorption of Cu, Co, Cr, Fe, Hg, Ni,
Zn and U in single and multi-ion solutions. Algal biomass from a gold mining site in
Johannesburg was used in the study. The FT-IR analysis of the biomass revealed the …