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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 11-12, Pages 577-586Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0250-1
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Salvinia minima; lead; Pb(II); surface adsorption; intracellular accumulation
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The effects of environmental factors and nutrients on the various possible removal mechanisms (surface adsorption, intracellular accumulation and precipitation to sediments) and partitioning of lead among various compartments (plant biomass, water column and sediments) in Salvinia minima batch-operated lagoons, were evaluated. Surface adsorption was found to be the predominant mechanism for Pb(II) removal under all environmental conditions tested in the absence of nutrients (an average of 54.3%) and in a nutrient medium (modified Hutner 1/10 medium) free of EDTA and phosphates (54.41%) at high initial Pb(IT) concentrations (in the range of 10.3 +/- 0.13 to 15.2 +/- 0.05 mg/L). Under these conditions, the bioconcentration factors (BCFs) were 2,431 276 and 2,065 35, respectively. Lead removal was very. rapid during the first 4 h and reached 70% in the absence of nutrients at the medium light intensity and temperature (LIT) tested, 88% in nutrient medium free of EDTA and supplemented with synthetic wastewater (at the lowest LIT tested), and 85% in medium free of EDTA and phosphates. It was concluded that the mechanisms of lead removal by S. minima, and the compartmentalization of this metal in the microcosm of batch-operated lagoons, are primarily a function of the presence of certain nutrients and chelants, with secondary dependence on environmental conditions. In addition, the results indicate that the percentage of lead removed is only a gross parameter and that the complementary use of BCF and compartmentalization analysis is required to gain a full insight into the metal removal process.
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