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. 2014 Dec 18;99(8):3651–3657. doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-6279-1

Table 1.

Hg2+ biosorption kinetics obtained from Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order rate equation for resting cells of yeast strains

Kinetic models Parameters Yeast strains
Yarrowia (Idd1) Yarrowia (Idd2)
Langmuir equation Q max (mg gdw−1) 32.0 59.0
1/b (mg l−1) 17.0 6.5
R 2 0.91 0.98
P <0.0001 <0.0001
Pseudo second order k 2 (mg−1 gdw min−1) 1.5 3.3
Q e (mg gdw−1) 53.0 51.0
R 2 0.86 0.96
P <0.0001 <0.0001