Immobilization of Cu(II) and Cr(IV) in basidiomycete-colonized sawdust |
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Authors: | Ejechi Bernard Onyekweli |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Microbiology, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria |
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Abstract: | An investigation into the feasibility of removing Cu(II) and Cr(IV) from solution with basidiomycete (Gloeophylum sepiarium, Pleurotus sp.)-colonized sawdust was undertaken. Obeche (Triplochyton scleroxylon) sawdust exposed to the basidiomycetes for 1–3 months reduced the concentration of the metals in the solution to 22.0–84.4 mg/l. The supernatant from the centrifuged mixture of a solution of 100 mg metal ions/l and aqueous extract of a 3-month basidiomycete-degraded obeche sawdust contained lower concentration of the metal ions (38.6–75.4 mg/l). Unextracted sawdust of pigmented tropical timbers, African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis), black afara (Terminalia ivorensis) and camwood (Baphia nitida) exposed to the test basidiomycetes, removed Cu and Cr significantly better than the extracted sawdust. It is hypothesised that some products of basidiomycete wood-degradative activities were ligands which immobilized the test metals. |
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Keywords: | Basidiomycetes Cu(II) Cr(IV) immobilization |
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