BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOSORPTION STUDY OF HEAVY METALS REMOVAL BY CYANOBACTERIA NOSTOC SP.

dc.contributor.authorRakić, Irena Z.
dc.contributor.authorKevrešan, Žarko
dc.contributor.authorKovač, Renata
dc.contributor.authorKravić, Snežana
dc.contributor.authorSvirčev, Zorica
dc.contributor.authorĐurović, Ana D.
dc.contributor.authorStojanović, Zorica S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-08T15:43:18Z
dc.date.available2023-07-08T15:43:18Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-04
dc.description.abstractNowadays, various industrial and urban activities result in discharging enormous quantities of various pollutants and their accumulation in the environment. Considering that heavy metals in wastewater are a serious threat to the environment and human health and that conventional methods for their removal are not highly efficient, the current study mainly focuses on estimating cyanobacterial capability to accumulate different heavy metals from water and comparing bioaccumulation and biosorption processes. Cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. was used, and five heavy metals were selected for this experiment (Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Ni2+, Zn2+). Examined concentrations of HMs were 20 mg/dm3, 80 mg/dm3, and 200 mg/dm3 for the bioaccumulation study, while 20 mg/dm3 and 80 mg/dm3 of each HMs were used for biosorption experiments. Living cells of Nostoc sp. have the highest affinity for Pb2+ (98.15%) and Cu2+ (95.14%) removal from the solution by bioaccumulation. During the biosorption process, dried biomass of Nostoc sp., besides Pb2+ (92.27%) and Cu2+ (96.00%), shows a high affinity for Cd2+ (91.00%) removal. Living cyanobacterial cells of Nostoc sp. could accumulate 82% of Zn, while dried biomass adsorbs 87% of Zn2+. Although the highest bioaccumulation of Ni2+ was only 38% while using the biosorption process, it was significantly higher (63.80%). These results could provide a preliminary study for further investigation in the direction of the development of immobilized biosorbents which could be used for industrial effluent treatment.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Project No. 451-03-68/2022- 14/200134)en_US
dc.identifier.citationRakić, I.Z., Kevrešan, Ž.S., Kovač, R., Kravić, S.Ž., Svirčev, Z., Đurović, A.D., Stojanović, Z.S. (2023). Bioaccumulation and biosorption study of heavy metals removal by cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 29(4), 291-298. OnLine-First Issue 00, Pages: 2–2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2298/CICEQ220511002R
dc.identifier.issn1451-9372; 2217-7434
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85126732463
dc.identifier.urihttp://oa.fins.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAssociation of the Chemical Engineers of Serbiaen_US
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MESTD/inst-2020/200222/RS//
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectbioremediationen_US
dc.subjectcyanobacteriaen_US
dc.subjecttoxic metals uptakeen_US
dc.subjectwastewateren_US
dc.titleBIOACCUMULATION AND BIOSORPTION STUDY OF HEAVY METALS REMOVAL BY CYANOBACTERIA NOSTOC SP.en_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleen_US

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