Modification of surface properties of mycelia by physical and chemical methods: evaluation of their Cr removal efficiencies from aqueous medium

A new approach to chemical modification protocols of Aspergillus niger and sorption of lead ion by fungal species

“…92% uptake of metal ion by modified fungal biomass reported by Liu et al (2005) was comparable to the uptake of 92.84% obtained in this study. The value obtained in this study was better than the uptake of 76.3% of Pb ion at optimal pH of 5 and 100 mg l -1 of metal loading (Deng and Ting, 2005) and 61.3% of Cr 6+ at 100 mg l -1 of metal loading at pH 2, 25 mg mycelia of Lentinus sajor -caju per 7.5 ml reaction medium at 25ºC (Bayramoglu et al 2005) reported in similar studies.…”

Resistant Fungal Biodiversity of Electroplating Effluent and Their Metal Tolerance Index

“…metal ions did not bind to negatively charged functional groups such as carboxylate, phosphate and sulphate. Only positively charged amines (protonated at low pH) are responsible for binding of metal ions (Bayramoglu et al, 2005).A single experiment was conducted to test the metal uptake capacity of whole mycelium and cell wall component (Table.2). Highest metal uptake (1230.2 mg) was found in cell wall component of Gliocladium viride ZIC2063.…”

Studies on Biosorption of Nickel Using Immobilized Fungus, Rhizomucor Tauricus

“…Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Lin et al 2005), Mucor hiemalis (Tewari et al 2005), Botrytis cinerea , Neurospora crassa , Lentinus sajor-caju (Bayramoglu et al 2005), and Phanerochaete chrysosporium (Iqbal and Asma 2007) have been extensively studied for heavy metal biosorption.…”