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recurvum plant stems, for the removal of methylene blue dye. Arab J Chem 10:S1512–S1522.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.05.002
13. Londono-Zuluaga C, Jameel H, Gonzalez RW, Lucia L (2019) Crustacean shell-based
biosorption water remediation platforms: status and perspectives. J Environ Manag
231:757–762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.10.096
14. Marrakchi F, Ahmed MJ, Khanday WA, Asif M, Hameed BH (2017) Mesoporous carbonaceous material from fish scales as low-cost adsorbent for reactive orange 16 adsorption. J
Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 71:47–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2016.12.026
15. El Haddad M, Mamouni R, Saffaj N, Lazar S (2016) Evaluation of performance of animal bone
meal as a new low cost adsorbent for the removal of a cationic dye Rhodamine B from aqueous
solutions. J Saudi Chem Soc 20:S53–S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2012.08.005
16. Sarode S, Upadhyay P, Khosa MA, Mak T, Shakir A, Song S, Ullah A (2019) Overview of
wastewater treatment methods with special focus on biopolymer chitin-chitosan. Int J Biol
Macromol 121:1086–1100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.089
17. Yi S, Gao B, Sun Y, Wu J, Shi X, Wu B, Hu X (2016) Removal of levofloxacin from aqueous
solution using rice-husk and wood-chip biochars. Chemosphere 150:694–701. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.112
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Proceedings of the 7th international symposium on the characterization of porous solids (COPSVII), Aix-en-Provence, France, 26–28 May 2005. Studies in surface science and catalysis, pp
57–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2991(07)80009-7
19. Gupta NK, Gupta A, Ramteke P, Sahoo H, Sengupta A (2019) Biosorption-a green method for
the preconcentration of rare earth elements (REEs) from waste solutions: a review. J Mol Liq
274:148–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.10.134
20. Nakajima A, Tsuruta T (2004) Competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by Micrococcus luteus. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 260(1):13–18. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JRNC.
0000027055.16768.1e
21. Tunali S, Çabuk A, Akar T (2006) Removal of lead and copper ions from aqueous solutions by
bacterial strain isolated from soil. Chem Eng J 115(3):203–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.
2005.09.023
22. Uslu G, Tanyol M (2006) Equilibrium and thermodynamic parameters of single and binary
mixture biosorption of lead (II) and copper (II) ions onto Pseudomonas putida: effect of
temperature. J Hazard Mater 135(1–3):87–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.11.029
23. Zhou M, Liu Y, Zeng G, Li X, Xu W, Fan T (2006) Kinetic and equilibrium studies of Cr
(VI) biosorption by dead Bacillus licheniformis biomass. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 23
(1):43–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-006-9191-8
24. Selatnia A, Boukazoula A, Kechid N, Bakhti MZ, Chergui A, Kerchich Y (2004) Biosorption of
lead (II) from aqueous solution by a bacterial dead Streptomyces rimosus biomass. Biochem
Eng J 19(2):127–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2003.12.007
25. Mungasavalli DP, Viraraghavan T, Jin Y-C (2007) Biosorption of chromium from aqueous
solutions by pretreated Aspergillus niger: batch and column studies. Colloids Surf A
Physicochem Eng Asp 301(1–3):214–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.12.060
26. Khambhaty Y, Mody K, Basha S, Jha B (2009) Biosorption of inorganic mercury onto dead
biomass of marine Aspergillus niger: kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies. Environ
Eng Sci 26(3):531–539. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2008.0056
27. Dhal B, Abhilash PBD (2018) Mechanism elucidation and adsorbent characterization for
removal of Cr(VI) by native fungal adsorbent. Sustain Environ Res 28(6):289–297. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.serj.2018.05.002
258
K. J. Samuel P N et al.