| Affiliation: | (1) Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100 Bornova/Izmir, Turkey;(2) Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100 Bornova/Izmir, Turkey |
| Abstract: | Cr(VI) and Al(III) are environmental pollutants that are frequently encountered together in industrial wastewaters, e.g., from mining iron-steel, metal cleaning, plating, metal processing, automobile parts, and the manufacturing and dye industries. In this work, several variables that affect the capacity for chromium and aluminum biosorption by Chryseomonas luteola TEM05 were studied, particularly the effects of pH, metal concentration and contact time. Optimum adsorption pH values of Cr(VI) and Al(III) were determined as 4.0 and 5.0, respectively. The biosorption equilibrium was described by Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. The value of Q o appears to be significantly higher for the Al(III) C. luteola TEM05 system. Langmuir parameters of C. luteola TEM05 also indicated a maximum adsorption capacity of 55.2 mg g–1 for Al(III) and 3.0 mg g–1 for Cr(VI). |
