Capturing effects of filamentous fungi Aspergillus flavus ZJ-1 on microalgae Chlorella vulgaris WZ-1 and the application of their co-integrated fungi-algae pellets for Cu(II) adsorption

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Using filamentous fungi to capture unicellular microalgae is an effective way for microalgae recovery in water treatment. Here, fungi Aspergillus flavus ZJ-1 and microalgae Chlorella vulgaris WZ-1 isolated from a copper tailings pond were used to study the capture effect of ZJ-1 on WZ-1. The highest capture efficiency (97.85%) was obtained within 6 h under the optimized conditions of 30 °C, 150 rpm, fungi-algae biomass ratio of 2.24:1, and initial pH of 9.24 in microalgae medium. The formed fungi-algae pellets (FAPs) were further used to remove Cu(II) from aqueous solution. Results showed that the FAPs formed at different capture times all adsorbed Cu(II) well, and the PAFs formed within 2 h (PAFs2 h) exhibited the highest Cu(II) adsorption capacity (80.42 mg·g-1). SEM images showed that Cu(II) caused a change in the internal structure of PAFs2 h from loose to compact, the mycelium shrunk, and the microalgal cells were concave. Cu(II) adsorption by PAFs2 h was well conformed to the pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm (123.61 mg·g-1 of theoretically maximum adsorption capacity). This work opens a way for applying FAPs in the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated wastewater, and the metal adsorption effect was determined by the capture amount of microalgae.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:442

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 442(2023) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 130105

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Laipan, Minwang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Shenghui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yongtao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Junkang [VerfasserIn]

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789U1901C5
Adsorption
Copper
Cu(II)
Fungi-algae pellets
Journal Article
Microalgae capture
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Waste Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 27.10.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130105

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34722010X