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 |