Health and environment
Ramezan Sadeghi; Mehraban Sadeghi; Rahman Abdizadeh; Morteza Sedehi; Morteza Hashemzadeh Chaleshtori; Shahrbanou Parchami Barjui; Mohammad Rasoul Asadi Amirabadi
Volume 28, Issue 6 , January and February 2022, , Pages 982-994
Abstract
Backgrounds: Similar to some organic materials the heavy metals are not easily removed from the environment because of the toxic nature and form a class of stable and non-biodegradable pollutants. These elements enter the nature and the food chain as a result of natural activities such as eruptions of ...
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Backgrounds: Similar to some organic materials the heavy metals are not easily removed from the environment because of the toxic nature and form a class of stable and non-biodegradable pollutants. These elements enter the nature and the food chain as a result of natural activities such as eruptions of volcanoes and human activities such as mining, producing industrial and urban wastewaters and applying pesticides.Materials and Methods: In this study, chrome (VI) -resistant bacteria were isolated from the industrial wastewater taken from Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel Complex. The isolated strains were identified and their resistance to chromium was determined and the strain with the highest resistance to chromium was used for its bioremediation.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and one way ANOVA.Results: The results of this study led to the identification of five chrome resistant strains that the Micrococcus luteus SEHD031RS bacterium was detected as the best chrome resistant strain due to the minimum inhibitory concentration of 140 mgL-1 and minimum bactericidal concentration of 152 mgL-1. In this study, the highest chromium removal rate of 82.5% was obtained at pH 4, concentration of 30 mgL-1 and 96 hours.Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the Micrococcus luteus SEHD031RS strain can be used as an effective microorganism in removing chromium from industrial wastewater or environmental bioremediation.
Health and environment
Elham Aseman; Hosein Sayyaf
Volume 24, Issue 3 , July and August 2017, , Pages 165-171
Abstract
Background: The use of living and nonliving bio sorbents to removal of heavy metals andtoxic compounds from aqueous solutions and industrial wastewaters has revealed considerable highly potential of green algae for adsorption. Spirogyra porticalis is filamentous algae that can often form flimsy green ...
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Background: The use of living and nonliving bio sorbents to removal of heavy metals andtoxic compounds from aqueous solutions and industrial wastewaters has revealed considerable highly potential of green algae for adsorption. Spirogyra porticalis is filamentous algae that can often form flimsy green aggregates in freshwater ponds, rivers and streams. The present study aimed to determine the capability of powdered s. porticalis to remove chromium from aqueous solutions. Materials and Methods: Biosorption of Cr (VI) from synthetic aqueous solutions by powdered filamentous green algae Spirogyra porticalis was investigated as an effect of various parameters including pH, biomass dosage, initial Cr (VI) concentration and contact time in laboratory scale batch. In order to do the statistical analysis, repeated measure testand one-way analysis of variance using SPSS 16.0 software was applied and P< 0.05 was considered as significant level. Results: The findings showed that the removal of Cr (VI) increased with the increasing algal dosage, metal concentration, contact time and decreasing pH. Maximum biosorption capacity was observed at pH 3.0 and 1 g/L of biomass in 60 min from a solution containing 40 mg/L initial concentration of Cr (VI). Under the optimum conditions, the removal percentage of chromium (VI) was found to be 70%. Conclusion: The results of the study indicated that the powdered filamentous green algae s. porticalis can be used as an available, affordable and efficient biomaterial even in low dosages to remove Cr (VI) from industrial acidic wastewater and aqueous solutions.