Biosorption of Pb(II) by Pleurotus ostreatus immobilized in calcium alginate gel

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BiosorptionofPb(II)byPleurotusostreatusimmobilized

incalciumalginategel

PanXianglianga,WangJianlonga,*,ZhangDaoyongb

aLaboratoryofEnvironmentalTechnology,INET,TsinghuaUniversity,Beijing100084,PRChinabJilinInstituteofArchitectureEngineering,Changchun,Jilin130021,PRChina

Received6August2004;accepted13December2004

Abstract

Thebiosorptionoflead(II)byfruitingbodiesofPleurotusostreatusimmobilizedincalciumalginatewasstudied.TheexperimentalresultsshowedthatthefruitingbodieswereeffectiveinremovingPb(II)fromsolution.Biosorptionequilibriumwasapproachedwithin45min.Pseudosecond-orderwasapplicabletoallthesorptiondataovertheentiretimerange.Intra-particlediffusionwasnottheonlyrate-determiningstep.ThesorptiondataconformedwelltoboththeLangmuirandtheFreundlichisothermmodel.Themaximumadsorptioncapacity(qmax)ontoP.ostreatusimmobilizedincalciumalginatewas121.21mggÀ1forPb(II).TheFT-IRanalysisshowedthatthemechanisminvolvedinbiosorptionofPb(II)byfruitingbodiesofP.ostreatuswasmainlyattributedtoPb(II)bindingofamideIgroup.#2005ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

Keywords:Lead;Biosorption;Pleurotusostreatus;Immobilization

1.Introduction

Contaminationoftheaquaticenvironmentbyheavymetals

isaworldwideenvironmentalproblem.Avarietyofmethods

areusedtoremovethesetoxicsubstancesfromeffluentsand

industrialwastewaterbeforedischargingintoanaturalwater

bodies.Themaintreatmenttechnologiesincludeprecipitation

andcoagulation,ion-exchange,membraneprocessesand

electrolytictechnologies.Howeverconventionaltreatment

technologieslikeprecipitationandcoagulationbecomeless

effectiveandmoreexpensivewhensituationsinvolvinghigh

volumesandlowmetalconcentrationsareencountered[1].

Theapplicationofmembraneprocessesandactivatedcarbon

arealsorestrictedduetohighcosts.Asaresult,cost-effective

alternativetechnologiesinvolvingremovalofheavymetals

fromwastewaterarebeingsoughttomeetdischargestandard.

Biosorption,basedonthemetalbindingcapacitiesofvarious

biologicalmaterials,hasgainedattentionintherecentyears

duetohighefficiencyandlowcost.Fungi,yeast,bacteria,

algaehaveproventobeveryeffectiveinremovingheavy

metalsfromsolutionsandtheirbiosorptionbehaviorofheavymetalshavebeenextensivelystudied[2,3].Inrecentyears,

numerousstudieshaveshowedthatsomecultivatedmush-

roomscanbioaccumulateconsiderableamountofmetalions.

Quiteafewresearchersreportedthatthefruitbodiesof

mushroomsaccumulateremarkablyhighconcentrationsof

CuandZn[4–12].Thisindicatesthepotentialuseof

mushroomsaseffectiveadsorbentsforheavymetals.

However,thereisstillverylittleinformationavailableon

metalbiosorptionbyfruitingbodiesofmushrooms.

Pleurotusostreatuswaschoseninthisstudybecauseit

isoneofthemostcommonediblemushroomsinChinaand

itsbiomassischeapandeasilyavailable.Leadwaschosen

becauseofitshightoxicity.Theobjectiveofthisstudywas

toinvestigatethekineticsandmechanismoflead

biosorptionbythefruitingbodyofP.ostreatusimmobi-

lizedwithcalciumalginate.

2.Materialsandmethods

2.1.Biomassimmobilization

FruitingbodiesofP.ostreatuswereobtainedfroma

vegetablemarket,driedat608Cinanoven,groundandsievedwww.elsevier.com/locate/procbioProcessBiochemistry40(2005)2799–2803

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0032-9592/$–seefrontmatter#2005ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.procbio.2004.12.007througha100-meshsieve.Immobilizationofbiomassvia

entrapmentwascarriedoutasfollows:1000mlof5%(w/w)

sodiumalginatesolutionwaspreparedinhot608Cdeionized

water.Aftercooling,60gofbiomasswasaddedandstirred.

Thealginate-biomassmixturewasthenextrudedthrougha

10mlsyringeintoa20%CaCl2solutionforpolymerization

andbeadformation.Theresultantbeadswereof3.5Æ0.2mm

diameterandwerecuredintheCaCl2solutionovernightat

48C.Thesphericalbeadswerethenrinsedthoroughlywith

deionizedwaterandstoredat48Cuntilfurtheruse.

2.2.Biosorptionexperiments

Thekineticbiosorptionexperimentwascarriedoutas

follows:10gofbeads(wd)wereaddedtoflaskscontaining

100mloflead-bearingsolutionwithpHadjustedtoavalue

of6.5with0.01MHCland0.01MNaOH.Flaskswere

shakenat150rpmat258C.Aliquotamounts(2ml)of

solutionwerecollected,periodically.Sampleswerefiltered

andleadconcentrationsinfiltrateweredeterminedbyAAS

(Vario6AAS).Thebiosorptiontestswerereplicatedtwice

andthestandarderrorvaluesrangedfrom1.5to4%.The

meanvalueswereused.

Forisothermanalysis,adsorptionexperimentswere

conductedbyvaryingtheinitiallead(II)ionconcentration

from10mg/lto500mg/l.Anamountof2gofbeads(wd)

wereaddedtoflaskscontaining20mloflead-bearing

solutionwithpHadjustedtoavalueof6.5.Otherconditions

weresameasinkineticbiosorptionexperiment.

2.3.FT-IRanalysisofbiomass

Certainamountofbeadswasdriedat408Candthen

groundandsievedthrough200meshsieveforFT-IR

analysis(Nexus470FT-IR).