Biosorption of cadmium(II) from aqueous solutions by industrial fungus Rhizopus cohnii

• Published in: Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1104 - 1111
• Main Authors: LUO, Jin-ming, XIAO, Xiao, LUO, sheng-lian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2010; Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology,Changsha 410004, China%College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control of Ministry of Education, Hunan University,Changsha 410082, China%State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
• Subjects: biosorbent; biosorption; cadmium; Rhizopus; Rhizopus cohnii; Rhizopus cohnii; cadmium; biosorbent; biosorption

An important filamentous industrial fungus, Rhizopus cohnii ( R. cohnii), was used as an efficient biosorbent for removing cadmium from wastewater. The sorption conditions, such as pH, the dose of biomass and the initial concentration of cadmium were examined. Two kinds of adsorption models were app...