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lead (II) tolerance of environmental fungi based on a study of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium
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Aspergillus tamarii NRC 3 biomass as a biosorbent for removal and recovery of heavy metals
from contaminated aqueous solutions. Bull Natl Res Cent 43:1–9
Sağ Y (2001) Biosorption of heavy metals by fungal biomass and modeling of fungal biosorption: a
REVIEW. Sep Purif Methods 30:1–48
Salvadori MR, Ando RA, Oller do Nascimento CA, Corrêa B (2014) Intracellular biosynthesis and
removal of copper nanoparticles by dead biomass of yeast isolated from the wastewater of a
mine in the Brazilian Amazonia. PLoS One 9(1):e87968. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.
0087968
Samuel MS, Evy AAM, Chidambaram R (2015) Isotherm modelling, kinetic study and optimization of batch parameters using response surface methodology for effective removal of Cr
(VI) using fungal biomass. PLoS One 10(3):e0116884. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.
0116884
Santhi R, Guru V (2014) Biosorption of hexavalent chromium using Aspergillus niger dead
biomass and its optimization studies. Int J Current Microbiol Appl Sci 3:669
Say R, Yilmaz N, Denizli A (2003) Removal of heavy metal ions using the fungus Penicillium
canescens. Adsorpt Sci Technol 21:643–650
Selvi A, Rajasekar A, Theerthagiri J, Ananthaselvam A, Sathishkumar K, Madhavan J, Rahman
PKSM (2019) Integrated remediation processes toward heavy metal removal/recovery from
various environments – a review. Front Environ Sci 7:66. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.
00066
Shakya M, Sharma P, Meryem SS, Mahmood Q, Kumar A (2015) Heavy metal removal from
industrial wastewater using fungi: uptake mechanism and biochemical aspects. J Environ Eng
142:C6015001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000983
Sharma R, Sharma AK, Kumar R (2016) Removal of Pb by fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Int J
Basic Appl Biol 3:55–59
Sharma S, Tiwari S, Hasan A, Saxena V, Pandey LM (2018) Recent advances in conventional and
contemporary methods for remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils. 3Biotech 8:216
Siddiquee S, Rovina K, Azad SA (2015) Heavy metal contaminants removal from wastewater using
the potential filamentous fungi biomass: a review. J Microb Biochem Technol 7:384–395
Simonescu CM, Ferdes M (2012) Fungal biomass for Cu (II) uptake from aqueous systems. Pol J
Environ Stud 2(1):1831–1839
Smily JRMB, Sumithra PA (2017) Optimization of chromium biosorption by fungal adsorbent,
Trichoderma sp. BSCR02 and its desorption studies. HAYATI J Biosci 24:65–71
Sun J, Zou X, Ning Z, Sun M, Peng J, Xiao T (2012) Culturable microbial groups and thalliumtolerant fungi in soils with high thallium contamination. Sci Total Environ 441:258–264
Tangahu BV, Sheikh Abdullah SR, Basri H, Idris M, Anuar N, Mukhlisin M (2011) A review on
heavy metals (As, Pb, and Hg) uptake by plants through phytoremediation. Int J Chem
Eng:1–31
Thenmozhi R, Arumugam K, Nagasathya A, Thajuddin N, Paneerselvam A (2013) Studies on
Mycoremedation of used engine oil contaminated soil samples. Adv Appl Sci Res 4:110–118
Thakur Y, Kumar M, Singh S (2015) Microbial biosorption as a green technology for bioremediation of heavy metals. Res J Pharm Biol Chem Sci 6:1717–1724
Thippeswamy B, Shivakumar CK, Krishnappa M (2014) Study on heavy metals biosorption ability
of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Int J Biol Res 2:106–115
Tian D, Jiang Z, Jiang L, Su M, Feng Z, Zhang L, Wang S, Zhen L, Hu S (2018) A new insight into
lead (II) tolerance of environmental fungi based on a study of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium
oxalicum. Environ Microbiol 21:471–479
Tobin JM, White C, Gadd GM (1994) Metal accumulation by fungi: applications in environmental
biotechnology. J Ind Microbiol 13:126–130
Tsekova K, Christova D, Ianis M (2006) Heavy metal biosorption sites in Penicillium cyclopium. J
Appl Sci Environ Manage 10:117–121
372
A. Ayele et al.