Table 3.5 (continued)
Metal
Ionic
state
Algae biomass
pH
Maximum uptake
capacity (mg/g)
References
Hydrodictyon
reticulatum
5
7.2
Singh et al. (2007)
Pithophora
odeogonia
5
13.07
Singh et al. (2007)
Spirulina platensis
TISTR 8217
7
98.04
Rangsayatorn et al.
(2004)
Spirulina sp.
7.5
0.46
Chojnacka et al.
(2005)
Tolypothrix tenuis
TISRT 8063
7
90
Inthorna et al.
(2002)
Co
Co
+
Oscillatoria
angustissima
4
15.32
Mehta and Gaur
(2005)
Spirogyra hyalina
12.82
Kumar and
Oommen (2012)
Spirulina sp.
7.5
0.01
Chojnack et al.
(2005)
Cr
Cr
3+
Chlorella miniata
3
14.17
Han et al. (2006)
Chlorella sp.
98
Doshi et al. (2008)
Spirulina sp.
167
Doshi et al. (2007)
Cr
6+
Chlamydomonas
angulosa
8.2
5.32
Dwivedi et al.
(2010)
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
2
18.2
Arıc et al. (2005)
Nostoc muscorum
3
22.92
Gupta and Rastogi
(2008a, b)
Phormidium bohneri 8.2
8.55
Dwivedi et al.
(2010)
Cr
+3
Chlorella sp.
104
Doshi et al. (2008)
Cu
Cu
2+
Asterionella formosa 4–5
0.53
Tien et al. (2005)
Aulacoseira varians
4–5
3.03
Tien et al. (2005)
Aulosira fertilissima
5
21.77
Singh et al. (2007)
Hydrodictyon
reticulatum
5
8.72
Singh et al. (2007)
Microcystis
aeruginosa
4–5
2.47
Tien et al. (2005)
Phaeodactylum
tricornutum
6
1.67
Schmitt et al. (2001)
Fe
Fe
3+
Chlorella vulgaris
2
24.52
Romera et al. (2006)
Microcystis sp.
9.2
0.03
Singh et al. (1998)
Hg
Hg
2+
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
6
72.2
Tüzün et al. (2005)
Chlorella vulgaris
BCC 15
7
18
Inthorna et al.
(2002)
Cyclotella cryptica
4
11.92
Schmitt et al. (2001)
(continued)
68
S. Ahmad et al.