Table 3.5 HMs removal efficiency using active algal biomass and passive algal biomass
Metal
Ionic
state
Algae biomass
pH
Maximum uptake
capacity (mg/g)
References
Active algal biomass
Cd
Cd
2+
Chaetoceros
calcitrans
8
1055.27
Sjahrul and Arifin
(2012)
Desmodesmus
pleiomorphus
4
61.2
Monteiro et al.
(2010)
Isochrysis galbana
0.02
Sbihi et al. (2012)
Planothidium
lanceolatum
7
275.51
Sbihi et al. (2012)
Scenedesmus
abundans
8
574
Monteiro et al.
(2009)
Synechocystis sp.
199.83
Tiantian et al.
(2011)
Tetraselmis chuii
8
13.46
Sjahrul and Arifin
(2012)
Tetraselmis chuii
292.6
da Costa and de
Franca (1998)
Cr
Cr
3+
Spirulina sp.
304
Doshi et al. (2007)
Cr
6+
Spirulina sp.
333
Doshi et al. (2007)
Cu
Cu
2+
Anabaena cylindrica 4–5
12.62
Tien et al. (2005)
Anabaena spiroides
4–5
8.73
Tien et al. (2005)
Asterionella formosa 4–5
1.1
Tien et al. (2005)
Aulacoseira varians
4–5
2.29
Tien et al. (2005)
Ceratium
hirundinella
4–5
2.3
Tien et al. (2005)
Chlorella fusca
6
3.2
Dönmez et al.
(1999)
Chlorella
pyrenoidosa
7
2.4
Yan and Pan (2002)
Chlorella sp.
220
Doshi et al. (2006)
Closterium lunula
7
0.5
Yan and Pan (2002)
Eudorina elegans
4–5
3.96
Tien et al. (2005)
Isochrysis galbana
0.11
Sbihi et al. (2012)
Planothidium
lanceolatum
7
134.32
Sbihi et al. (2012)
Passive algal biomass
Cd
Cd
2+
AER Chlorella
3–7
7.74
Sandau et al. (1996)
Aulosira fertilissima
5
14.57
Singh et al. (2007)
Calothrix parietina
7
Inthorna et al.
(2002)
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
6
42.6
Tüzün et al. (2005)
Cyclotella cryptica
6
22.24
Schmitt et al. (2001)
Desmodesmus
pleiomorphus
58.6
Monteiro et al.
(2011)
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