Biosorption of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn from aqueous solutions by the fruiting bodies of jelly fungi (Tremella fuciformis and Auricularia polytricha) |
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Authors: | Rong Pan Lixiang Cao Haiwei Huang Renduo Zhang Yu Mo |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China;(2) School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China; |
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Abstract: | In this study, dried and humid fruiting bodies of Tremella fuciformis and Auricularia polytricha were examined as cost-effective biosorbents in treatment of heavy metals (Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+) in aqueous solution. The humid T. fuciformis showed the highest capacity to adsorb the four metals in the multi-metal solutions. The Pb2+ adsorption rates were 85.5%, 97.8%, 84.8%, and 91.0% by dried T. fuciformis, humid T. fuciformis, dried A. polytricha, and humid A. polytricha, respectively. The adsorption amount of Pb2+ by dried and humid T. fuciformis in Cd2+ + Pb2+, Cu2+ + Pb2+, Pb2+ + Zn2+, Cd2+ + Cu2+ + Pb2+, and Cd2+ + Zn2+ + Pb2+ solutions were not lower than that in Pb2+ solutions. The results suggested that in humid T. fuciformis, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ promoted the Pb2+ adsorption by the biomass. In the multi-metal solutions of Cd2+ + Cu2+ + Pb2+ + Zn2+, the adsorption amount and rates of the metals by all the test biosorbents were in the order of Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Cd2+. Compared with the pseudo first-order model, the pseudo second-order model described the adsorption kinetics much better, indicating a two-step biosorption process. The present study confirmed that fruiting bodies of the jelly fungi should be useful for the treatment of wastewater containing Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+. |
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