Table 6.

Effect of different initial heavy metal concentrations on removal process efficiency by live biomass of Penicillium sp. AHM96 at various contact times.

Time (min)	Concentration of heavy metal (mg/L)
	50		100		200			300		400		500
	Removal (%)
	Fe3+	Co2+	Fe3+	Co2+		Fe3+	Co2+	Fe3+	Co2+	Fe3+	Co2+	Fe3+	Co2+
10	57.51	100.0	66.00	90.35		40.99	77.80	25.16	70.40	19.22	68.06	10.61	51.30
30	84.50	100.0	76.93	100.0		60.25	100.0	39.53	89.56	27.81	75.81	19.42	59.11
60	100.0	100.0	90.22	100.0		71.19	100.0	58.99	100.0	41.20	84.35	30.00	62.43
120	100.0	100.0	96.50	100.0		77.80	100.0	70.25	100.0	53.10	100.0	49.15	80.34
180	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		90.38	100.0	86.80	100.0	79.42	100.0	69.50	100.0
240	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		85.42	100.0	81.38	100.0	74.93	100.0	62.20	100.0
300	100.0	100.0	93.16	100.0		85.42	100.0	81.19	100.0	71.19	100.0	61.50	100.0
360	100.0	100.0	90.56	100.0		80.81	100.0	80.42	100.0	64.70	100.0	60.21	100.0
420	100.0	100.0	90.20	100.0		80.80	100.0	74.56	100.0	60.16	100.0	49.16	100.0
1440	80.95	100.0	70.51	100.0		62.15	100.0	50.04	100.0	34.60	100.0	27.00	100.0