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. 2023 Aug 31;12(17):3147. doi: 10.3390/plants12173147

Table 3.

Microbial biosorption by different microbes.

Species name Initial Cd Concentration Experimental Medium Cd Remediation Efficiency References
Bacterial species
Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis 150 mg L−1 Soil 16.7 [162]
Pseudomonas sp. DDT-1 0.9 mg kg−1 Soil 40.3 [163]
Kocuria rhizophila 150 mg L−1 Aqueous 9.07 mg g−1 [164]
Klebsiella michiganensis 1000 µg ml−1 Soil 97% [165]
Enterobacter sp 3500 µg ml−1 Soil 95% [166]
Rhodobacter sphaeroides 65.33 mg kg−1 Soil 30.7 [167]
Bacillus aryabhattai and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 250 mg L−1 Soil 96% [168]
Aspergillus sydowii 50 mg kg−1 Soil 10.44% [169]
Cupriavidus sp. 13.82 mg kg−1 Soil 58.2% [170]
Paenibacillus sp. and Bacillus sp. 20 mg L−1 Soil 128.50% [171]
Bacillus sp. TZ5 150 mg L−1 Soil 48.49% [172]
Acidithiobacillus caldus DX, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans DX, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans ZJ, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans AO1, Ferroplasma acidiphilum DX, Acidithiobacillus caldus S1 and Leptospirillum ferriphilum DX 9.09 mg kg−1 Soil 32.09% [173]
Cupriavidus sp. (KU168590), Ensifer sp. (KU168586), Burkholderia sp.
(KU168588), and Paenibacillus sp.
(KU168587)
0.21 mg kg−1 Soil 33.0% [174]
Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella
Edwardsii
50 mg L−1 Soil 58.80% [175]
Bacillus subtilis 147.75 mg kg−1 Soil 35.17% [176]
Burkholderia sp. and Bacillus sp. 5 mM Soil 84.17% [177]
Bacillus sp. 49 mg kg−1 Soil 43.53% [178]
Bacillus subtilis 147.75 mg kg−1 Soil 18.56% [179]
Firmicutes sp. and Proteobacteria sp. 14.9 mg kg−1 Soil 40.0 [180]
Enterobacter hormaechei SFC3 100 µg ml−1 Soil 90.21% [181]
Streptomyces pactum Act12 and Streptomyces Roche D74 1.62 mg kg−1 Soil 56.39% [182]
Bacillus velezensis - Soil 1.65 μg g−1 [183]
Fungi
Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Penicillium rubens 0.6 mg L−1 Soil 79% [184]
Simplicillium chinense 400 mg L−1 Soil 88% [185]
Aspergillus flflavus, Aspergillus gracilis, Aspergillus penicillioides, Aspergillus restrictus, and Sterigmatomyces halophilus 1000 mg L−1 Soil 95% [186]
Phanerochaete chrysosporium 25 mg L−1 Soil 96% [187]
Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus platypus, and Calocybe indica - - 98.97 [188]
Lactarius piperatus and Agaricus bisporus 265 mg L−1 Aqueous 95% [189]
Rhizophagus intraradices - Soil 38% [190]
Trichoderma harzianum 147.75 mg kg−1 Soil 47.69% [176]
Algae/cyanobacteria
Asparagopsis armata 150 mg L−1 Aqueous 10.6% [191]
Chaetoceros calcitrans and Tetracelmis chuii - Aqueous - [192]
Ulva lactuca 80 mg L−1 Aqueous 41.0% [193]
Chara aculeolate - Aqueous 23 mg g−1 [194]
Chlorella pyrenoidosa 1.5 mg L−1 Aqueous 45.45 [195]
Scenedesmus acutus 1.5 mg L−1 Aqueous 57.14 [195]