Heavy Metal Contaminants Removal from Wastewater Using the Potential Filamentous Fungi
Biomass: A Review Page 1 Volume 7(6): 384-393 (2015) - 384 J Microb Biochem Technol …

The common filamentous fungi can sorb heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ni, Ag, Th, Ra and U)
from aqueous solutions to varying extents. Fungal biosorption largely depends on pH, metal …

Discharge of heavy metals from metal processing industries is known to have adverse
effects on the environment. Conventional treatment technologies for removal of heavy …

Human and industrial activities produce and discharge wastes containing heavy metals into
the water resources making them polluted, threatening human health and the ecosystem …

Today indiscriminate and uncontrolled dischargc of metal contaminated industrial effluents
into the environmclll has bccome an issue of major concern. Heavy metals, being non …

Wastewater particularly from electroplating, paint, leather, metal and tanning industries
contain enormous amount of heavy metals. Microorganisms including fungi have been …

The biomass of filamentous fungi is an important cost-effective biomass for heavy metal
biosorption. However, use of free fungal cells can cause difficulties in the separation of …

The common filamentous fungi can sorb heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The sorption
of heavy metals, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ni, Ag, Th, Ra and U, by fungal biomass has been …

Heavy metals like chromium (Cr (VI)) and cadmium (Cd (II)) which are supposed to be
indigenous components of rocks, are no longer bound to their place of origin thus …

There is a need to develop technologies that can remove toxic heavy metal ions found in
wastewaters. Microorganisms are known to remove heavy metal ions from water. In this …