Biosorption of Arsenic(III) from Aqueous Solutions by Modified Fungal Biomass of Paecilomyces sp. (22nd October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Acosta Rodríguez, Ismael; Martínez-Juárez, Víctor M.; Cárdenas-González, Juan F.; Moctezuma-Zárate, María de Guadalupe
• Other Names: Butler Ian Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Bioinorganic chemistry and applications. Volume 2013(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-10-22
• Subjects: Bioinorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Bioinorganic chemistry; Biochemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Chemistry, Bioinorganic; Periodicals; 572.51
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/376780
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1565-3633

Abstract

Abstract : The biosorption of As(III) on iron-coated fungal biomass of Paecilomyces sp. was studied in this work. It was found that the biomass was very efficient removing the metal in solution, using Atomic Absorption, reaching the next percentage of removals: 64.5%. The highest adsorption was obtained at pH 6.0, at 30°C after 24 hours of incubation, with 1 mg/L of modified fungal biomass.