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Cadmium and zinc biosorption byChlorella homosphaera

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Cadmium and zinc biosorption byChlorella homosphaera cells were tested under laboratory conditions, in a range of concentrations from 0.5 to 14.0 mg/l. The results indicated two distinct phases for cadmium biosorption: a rapid phase probably associated with metal adsorption around the cell wall and a slower phase associated with the metal transport into the interior of the cells. For zinc biosorption these phases were not well defined probably due to the metabolic use of this metal by the cells.

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  1. Centro de Tecnologia Mineral-CETEM/CNPq, Cidade Universitária, Rua 4, Quadra D, 21949, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    Antonio Carlos A. Costa

  2. Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    Selma Gomes F. Leite

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Costa, A.C.A., Leite, S.G.F. Cadmium and zinc biosorption byChlorella homosphaera . Biotechnol Lett 12, 941–944 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022595

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