Table 2.
Potential range for heavy metal uptake for selected living microalgae and duckweeds.
| Heavy metal | Specific HMs uptake (mg g−1 dw) | Species | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cd | 44.5 | Arthorspira platensis (M) | (Murugesan et al., 2008) |
| 13.5 | Tetraselmis chii (M) | (Sjahrul, 2012) | |
| 0.02–1055 | Various species (M) | (Suresh Kumar et al., 2014) | |
| 4.7–7.7 | Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza (D) | (Chaudhuri et al., 2014) | |
| 0.28–1.56 | Lemna gibba (D) | (Verma and Suthar, 2015) | |
| 2.5–3 | Lemna trisulca (D) | (Huebert and Shay, 1992) | |
| Cr | <0.25 | Arthorspira (M) | (Belokobylsky et al., 2004) |
| 226–333 | Various species (M) | (Suresh Kumar et al., 2014) | |
| 0.6–1.2 | Lemna minor (D) | (Wahaab et al., 1995) | |
| 0.1–1.1 | Spirodela polyrrhiza (D) | (Tripathi and Chandra, 1991) | |
| 0.5–3 | Spirodela polyrhiza (D) | (Liu et al., 2017) | |
| Co | 0.89–1.3 | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (M) | (Macfie and Welbourn, 2000) |
| Up to 21 | Lemna minor (D) | (Sree et al., 2015) | |
| Cu | 6.42–7.54 | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (M) | (Macfie and Welbourn, 2000) |
| 0.5–3.25 | Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Closterium lunula (M) | (Yan and Pan, 2002) | |
| 1–1.8 | Lemna minor (D) | (Wahaab et al., 1995) | |
| Up to 5.5 | Lemna trisulca (D) | (Prasad et al., 2001) | |
| Pb | 4.49–5.11 | Pseudochlorococcum typicum (M) | (Shanab et al., 2012) |
| 188 | Arthrospira platensis (M) | (Arunakumara et al., 2008) | |
| 0.28–1.60 | Lemna gibba (D) | (Verma and Suthar, 2015) | |
| 10 | Lemna polyrrhiza (D) | (Sharma and Gaur, 1995) | |
| Zn | 72.1 | Scenedesmus subspicatus (M) | (Schmitt et al., 2001) |
| 0.8–4.3 | Lemna minor (D) | (Dirilgen and Inel, 1994) | |
| 8–20 | Lemna trisulca (D) | (Huebert and Shay, 1992) | |
| As | 0.3–1.4 | Dunaliella sp. (M) | (Yamaoka et al., 1990) |
| >1 | Wolffia globosa (D) | (Zhang et al., 2009) | |
| 0.5–2.2 | Lemna gibba (D) | (Mkandawire and Dudel, 2005) | |
| Hg | 9.2 | Scenedesmus subspicatus (M) | (Schmitt et al., 2001) |
| 15.1 | Pseudochlorococcum typicum (M) | (Shanab et al., 2012) | |
| >2 | Not specified (D) | (Mo et al., 1989) | |
| Ni | 0.4–0.63 | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (M) | (Macfie and Welbourn, 2000) |
| 15.4 | Chlorella vulgaris (M) | (Al-Rub et al., 2004) | |
| 90.9 | Arthrospira platensis (M) | (Markou et al., 2015) | |
| 7.1–12.9 | Lemna minor (D) | (Goswami and Majumder, 2015) | |
| 5.5 | Lemna polyrrhiza (D) | (Sharma and Gaur, 1995) |