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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 465-467Publisher
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DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822006000400012
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biosorption; nickel; Acinetobacter baumannii; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; wastewater treatment
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Nickel biosorption ability was evaluated in two bacterial strains: Acinetobacter baumannii UCR-2971 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa UCR-2957, resulting in greatest adsorption at pH 4.5 and a residence time of 100 minutes. Biosorption isotherms showed that the process follows the Langmuir model. The maximum adsorption rates (N-max) were 8.8 and 5.7 mg center dot g(-1) for A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa, respectively; however, affinity constants suggest that P. aeruginosa ( K= 1.28) has higher affinity for nickel than A. baumannii ( K= 0.68). It is suggested that both strains could be used for wastewater treatment, as long as the concentration of Ni2+ is within the range of mg center dot L-1.
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