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. 2022 Mar 19;29(5):3083–3096. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.03.020

Table 7.

Heavy metal removal by specific microalgae (Hassan et al. 2017).

Microalgae Heavy metals Initial conc. (mg/L) Final removal conc. (mg/g)
Chlorella vulgaris Cd 25–150 58.4
Desmodes mupleiomorphus Zn 1–30 360.2
Desmodes pleiomorphus Cd 0.5–5 61.2
Chlorella vulgaris Ni 100 28.6 (immobilized)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cd 20–400 77.62