Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent

This paperreports the capability of consortium culture (CC) comprising of an acclimatizedmixed bacterial culture to withstand the toxic effect of Cr(VI), Cu, and Pb, at 1, 10, 100 mg/l and itsuptake, and to remove heavy metals from an industrial effluent. Consortium culture displayed goodheavy metal...

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Main Authors: Sannasi, P., Salmijah, S., Kader, J.
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Published: Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010
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author Sannasi, P.
Salmijah, S.
Kader, J.
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description This paperreports the capability of consortium culture (CC) comprising of an acclimatizedmixed bacterial culture to withstand the toxic effect of Cr(VI), Cu, and Pb, at 1, 10, 100 mg/l and itsuptake, and to remove heavy metals from an industrial effluent. Consortium culture displayed goodheavy metal resistance (75-84.6%) on nutrient agar. Inverse of heavy metal toxicity index, B (l/mg)reflected CC’s ability to tolerate Cr(VI) concentration of up to 507.6 mg/l, followed by Pb at 348.43 mg/l and Cu at 243.90 mg/l. High metal uptake capacity was observed at 1 mg/l (q = 4.47-10.33 mg/g), 10mg/l (q = 29.27-96.07 mg/g) and 100 mg/ (q = 85.28-175.02 mg/g) in nutrient broth. Overall, metaltoxicity was in the order Cu > Pb > Cr(VI), and metal uptake was Pb > Cu > Cr(VI). X-ray fluorescencescreening indicated the abundance of Ca, K, P, and S on the biomass. Heavy metal removal studydemonstrated that CC was able to grow in waste effluent which was not subjected to any pre-treatmentor nutrient addition. Significantly higher metal removal in the range of 92-97.5% (P < 0.05) wasobtained for Cd, Cr(VI), Cu, Ni, and Pb with CC. Furthermore, CC was able to thrive and compete inthe presence of indigenous microbial population with no apparent decrease in metal removal capability.In conclusion, results establish the feasibility of employing CC to remove heavy metals from industrialeffluents and support the development of a bacterium-based integrated waste treatment system
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spelling intimal-1962016-04-21T03:37:44Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/196/ Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent Sannasi, P. Salmijah, S. Kader, J. TP Chemical technology This paperreports the capability of consortium culture (CC) comprising of an acclimatizedmixed bacterial culture to withstand the toxic effect of Cr(VI), Cu, and Pb, at 1, 10, 100 mg/l and itsuptake, and to remove heavy metals from an industrial effluent. Consortium culture displayed goodheavy metal resistance (75-84.6%) on nutrient agar. Inverse of heavy metal toxicity index, B (l/mg)reflected CC’s ability to tolerate Cr(VI) concentration of up to 507.6 mg/l, followed by Pb at 348.43 mg/l and Cu at 243.90 mg/l. High metal uptake capacity was observed at 1 mg/l (q = 4.47-10.33 mg/g), 10mg/l (q = 29.27-96.07 mg/g) and 100 mg/ (q = 85.28-175.02 mg/g) in nutrient broth. Overall, metaltoxicity was in the order Cu > Pb > Cr(VI), and metal uptake was Pb > Cu > Cr(VI). X-ray fluorescencescreening indicated the abundance of Ca, K, P, and S on the biomass. Heavy metal removal studydemonstrated that CC was able to grow in waste effluent which was not subjected to any pre-treatmentor nutrient addition. Significantly higher metal removal in the range of 92-97.5% (P < 0.05) wasobtained for Cd, Cr(VI), Cu, Ni, and Pb with CC. Furthermore, CC was able to thrive and compete inthe presence of indigenous microbial population with no apparent decrease in metal removal capability.In conclusion, results establish the feasibility of employing CC to remove heavy metals from industrialeffluents and support the development of a bacterium-based integrated waste treatment system Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/196/1/3.pdf Sannasi, P. and Salmijah, S. and Kader, J. (2010) Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia, 7 (2). pp. 543-557. ISSN 0973-1245
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Sannasi, P.
Salmijah, S.
Kader, J.
Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title_full Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title_fullStr Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title_full_unstemmed Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title_short Effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
title_sort effect of heavy metals to bacterial culture and the removal of heavy metals from an industrial effluent
topic TP Chemical technology
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