Bacterial biosorbents and biosorption

K Vijayaraghavan, YS Yun - Biotechnology advances, 2008 - Elsevier
Biosorption is a technique that can be used for the removal of pollutants from waters,
especially those that are not easily biodegradable such as metals and dyes. A variety of …

Recovery of rare earth metals through biosorption: an overview

N Das, D Das - Journal of rare earths, 2013 - Elsevier
Rare earth metals (REMs) are a series of 17 elements that have widespread and unique
applications in high technology, power generation, communications, and defense industries …

Fungal biosorption–an alternative to meet the challenges of heavy metal pollution in aqueous solutions

R Dhankhar, A Hooda - Environmental technology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The removal of heavy metal from the environment, especially wastewater, is now shifting
from the use of conventional methods to the use of biosorption, which may be defined as the …

Removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto orange waste

AB Pérez-Marín, VM Zapata, JF Ortuno… - Journal of hazardous …, 2007 - Elsevier
The use of orange wastes, generated in the orange juice industry, for removing cadmium
from aqueous solutions has been investigated. The material was characterized by Fourier …

Sorption of Pb (II), Ni (II), Cu (II) and Cd (II) from aqueous solution by olive stone waste

N Fiol, I Villaescusa, M Martínez, N Miralles… - Separation and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Olive stone waste generated in the olive oil production process has been investigated as
metal biosorbent for Pb (II), Ni (II), Cu (II) and Cd (II) from aqueous solutions for its wide …

Removal of copper and nickel ions from aqueous solutions by grape stalks wastes

I Villaescusa, N Fiol, M Martı́nez, N Miralles, J Poch… - Water research, 2004 - Elsevier
In the present work, the usefulness of grape stalks wastes generated in the wine production
process has been investigated for the removal of copper and nickel ions from aqueous …

A bioseparation process for removing heavy metals from waste water using biosorbents

JC Igwe, AA Abia - African journal of biotechnology, 2006 - ajol.info
A bioseparation process for removing heavy metals from waste water using biosorbents Page
1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 5 (12), pp. 1167-1179, 16 June 2006 Available online …

Characterization of PEI-modified biomass and biosorption of Cu (II), Pb (II) and Ni (II)

S Deng, YP Ting - Water research, 2005 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to develop a surface-modified biosorbent with enhanced
sorption capacity for heavy metal ions. The biomass of Penicillium chrysogenum was …

Characterization of metal− cyanobacteria sorption reactions: a combined macroscopic and infrared spectroscopic investigation

N Yee, LG Benning, VR Phoenix… - Environmental science & …, 2004 - ACS Publications
In this study, we conducted synchrotron radiation Fourier transform infrared (IR)
spectroscopy, potentiometric titration, and metal sorption experiments to characterize metal …

Heavy metal removal by olive pomace: biosorbent characterisation and equilibrium modelling

F Pagnanelli, S Mainelli, F Vegliò, L Toro - Chemical engineering science, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper concerns with metal biosorption onto an agricultural waste, olive pomace.
Experimental tests of adsorbent characterisation (potentiometric titration, IR analyses …