Turkish Journal of Biology
DOI
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Abstract
The effect of pretreatment on the Pb^{2+} biosorption capacity of fungal biomasses, Aspergillus versicolor, Metarrhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, and Penicillium verrucosum, was investigated. For this purpose, the biomasses were subjected to physical treatments such as heat and autoclaving, and chemical treatments such as sodium hydroxide, formaldehyde, gluteraldehyde, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, commercial laundry detergent, orthophosphoric acid and dimethyl sulfoxide. Dimethyl sulfoxide, hydrogen peroxide and gluteraldehyde increased biosorption of Pb^{2+} in comparison with the A. versicolor live biomass. M. anisopliae var. anisopliae biomass pretreated with hydrogen peroxide, gluteraldehyde, commercial laundry detergent, dimethyl sulfoxide and formaldehyde significantly improved biosorption of Pb^{2+} in comparison with live biomass. Pretreatment with all methods of P. verrucosum increased biosorption of Pb^{2+} in comparison with live biomass. The maximum biosorption capacity of A. versicolor biomass subjected to dimethyl sulfoxide was 30.6 mg g-1.
Keywords
Aspergillus, Metarrhizium, Penicillium, pretreatment, fungal biomass, lead
First Page
23
Last Page
28
Recommended Citation
ÇABUK, AHMET; İLHAN, SEMRA; FİLİK, CANSU; and ÇALIŞKAN, FİGEN (2005) "Pb^{2+} Biosorption by Pretreated Fungal Biomass," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 29: No. 1, Article 4. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol29/iss1/4
