Table 1.
Treatment of heavy metal ions using various microorganisms
| Microorganism | Heavy metal | pH | Temperature (°C) | Time (h) | Initial concentration | Results | Referencess |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Pb(II) | 5.0 | 25 | 2.0 | 50 mg/L | Monolayer adsorption capacity: 181.82 mg/g | Li et al. (2014) |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Cu(II) Pb(II) |
5.5 5.0 |
22 22 |
4.0 4.0 |
10–180 mg/L 10–180 mg/L |
29.9 mg/g 72.5 mg/g |
Amirnia et al. (2015) |
| Amanita rubescens |
Pb(II) Cd(II) |
5.0 5.0 |
20 20 |
0.5 0.5 |
10 mg/L 10 mg/L |
38.4 mg/g 27.3 mg/g |
Sari and Tuzen (2009) |
| Micrococcus luteus | Cd(II) | 6.0 | 20 | 4.0 | 1000 μmol/L | 444 ± 15 μmol/g | Machalová et al. (2015) |
| Rhodopseudomonas palustris | Cd(II) | 6.0 | 20 | 4.0 | 1000 μmol/L | 381 ± 1 μmol/g | Machalová et al. (2015) |
| Pichia pastoris | Zn(II) | 5.0 | 28 | 48 | 0.5 mmol/L | Removal rate: 85% | Li et al. (2016) |
| Trichoderma | Cu(II) | 5.0 | 30 | 2.0 | 100 mg/L | 12.43 mg/g | Wei and Ting (2014) |
| Microbacterium | Cd(II) | 7.0 | N.A. | 0.5 | N.A. | 15.6 mg/g | Park and Chon (2016) |
| Arthrobacter ps-5 |
Cu(II) Pb(II) Cr(VI) |
5.0 5.5 6.0 |
N.A. | N.A. | 10 mg/L |
169.15 mg/g 216.09 mg/g 84.47 mg/g |
Ye et al. (2014) |
| Pseudomonas | Hg(II) | N.A. | 30 | 24 | 10 μM | Removal rate: 91% | Giovanella et al. (2017) |
| D. radiodurans | U(VI) | N.A. | 30 | 504 | 235.5 μM | Removal rate: 89% | Fredrickson et al. (2000) |
| Deinococcus Deino-phoN-yieF) | U(VI) | 5.0 | 30 | 13 | 1 mM | Removal rate: 77.6 ± 2.6% | Xu et al. (2018a, b, c) |
| D. radiodurans | U(VI) | 5.0 | Room temperature | 3 | 1 mM | Removal rate: 90.0% | Misra et al. (2012) |
| D. radiodurans | U(VI) | 5.0 | 25 | 6 | 0.8 mM | Removal rate: 90.0% | Appukuttan et al. (2006) |
| D. radiodurans | 60Co | 5.8 | 37 | 1.5 | 8.5 nM | Removal rate: > 60.0% | Gogada et al. (2015) |
| D. radiodurans | U(VI) | 5.0 | N.A. |
6 408 |
1 mM 20 mM |
260 mg/g 5.7 g/g |
Appukuttan et al. (2011) |
N.A. not available