期刊名称：African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
电子版ISSN：1996-0786
出版年度：2010
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：77-83
DOI：10.5897/AJEST09.184
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：Microorganisms play a vital role in heavy metal contaminated soil and wastewaterby the mechanisms of biosorption. In this study, heavy metal resistant bacteria were isolated from an electroplating industrial effluent samples that uses copper, cadmium and lead for plating. These isolates were characterized to evaluate their applicability for heavy metal removal from industrial wastewaters. The physico-chemical parameters of the samples were initially analyzed. The optimum conditions of pH, biomass concen-tration and heavy metal concentration were determined for the microbial growth on biosorbents and correlated with heavy metal removal. The observed optimum conditions were applied for the biosorption process carried out in immobilized and dead bacterial isolates.The biosorption of immobilized cells ofBacillussp. was 69.34% of Cu,Pseudomonassp. was 90.41% of Cd andMicrococcussp. was 84.27% of Pb, whereas the dead cells ofBacillussp. was 44.73% of Cu,Pseudomonassp. was 86.66% of Cd andMicrococcussp. was 79.22%. Experimental results reveal that all the immobilized isolates have potential application for the removal of Cu, Cd and Pb from industrial wastewater than the dead bacterial cells.
关键词：Biosorption; bacteria; heavy metal; dead bacterial cells; immobilization
