ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Ramasamy Rajeshkumar1,2 , Shitarashmi Sahu2 and Juhie Rani Agharwal3
1Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, India.
2Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela- 769 008, Orissa, India.
3Department of Zoology, D.N College, C.C.S University, Meerut- 250 002, India.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2012;6(2):781-787
© The Author(s). 2012
Received: 31/06/2011 | Accepted: 15/09/2011 | Published: 30/06/2012
Abstract

The biosorption of cadmium removal by the isolated bacteria was studied in a laboratory simulated environment. The bacterium was isolated from fireworks industry soil. The bacterium was screened under various biochemical tests and identified as Bacillus sp. Various parameters such as pH, temperature, metal tolerant assay, kinetics assays were carried out to optimize and evaluate the cadmium ions removal. The isolated bacterium Bacillus sp removed 90% cadmium (II) ions in the simulated environment.

Keywords

Biosorption, cadmium, Bacillus sp, Firework industry

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