Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 20, Pages 4559-4563Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.04.037
Keywords
Adsorption; Bacteria; Heavy metals ion; Medal binding capacity
Funding
- Cooperative Research Center [CRC/99-00/01]
- Area of Excellence Scheme [AoE/P-04/04]
- Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong
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A bench study was carried Out to characterize the kinetics of two plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) Azotobacter chroococcum and Bacillus megaterium to adsorb heavy metals from Solution. Adsorption of Ph2+ and Cd2+ by bacterial cells was processed quickly with all equilibration achieved within 5 min. The adsorptions were fitted well with Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. The comparison of isotherm parameters indicated that A. chroococcum had a stronger capacity to bind metal ions than B. megaterium, with an average increase of 59.8% for Pb2+ and 75.6% for Cd2+ respectively. Both bacteria had a stronger affinity to Pb2+ than Cd2+ since Pb2+ was more easily bound with the phosphoryl groups on the cell surface than Cd2+. This demonstrated that the presence of bacteria in the rhizosphere may result ill the reduction of mobile ions in soil solution. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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