Soil emendation with nano-fungal chitosan for heavy metals biosorption

SF Alsharari, AA Tayel, SH Moussa - International Journal of Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioremediation of water and soil, from heavy metal (HM) contamination, is a continuing
worldwide demand. Chitosan, as a promising bioactive polymer, was produced from grown …

Copper adsorption through chitosan immobilized on sand to demonstrate the feasibility for in situ soil decontamination

MW Wan, IG Petrisor, HT Lai, D Kim, TF Yen - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2004 - Elsevier
The contamination of soils and waters by metals all over the world continues to present a
serious danger to the environment and human health. The development of innovative metal …

A review on heavy metal biosorption utilizing modified chitosan

S Shankar, S Joshi, RK Srivastava - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution in water bodies is a global concern. The prominent source of metal
contamination in aqueous streams and groundwater is wastewater containing heavy metal …

Bio-clarification of water from heavy metals and microbial effluence using fungal chitosan

AA Tayel, MM Gharieb, HR Zaki… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Water pollution is among the most hazardous problems that threaten human health
worldwide. Chitosan is a marvelous bioactive polymer that could be produced from fungal …

Chitosan as a potential amendment to remediate metal contaminated soil—A characterisation study

A Kamari, ID Pulford, JSJ Hargreaves - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2011 - Elsevier
The potential of chitosan, a fishery waste-based material, as a soil amendment to clean-up
metal contaminated soil was investigated. Chitosan was treated using glutaraldehyde (GLA) …

Chitosan-based biosorbents: modification and application for biosorption of heavy metals and radionuclides

J Wang, C Chen - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution is a serious environmental problem in the world, especially in
developing countries. Among different treatment technologies, biosorption seems a …

Utilization of industrial by-product fungal biomass from Aspergillus niger and Fusarium culmorum to obtain biosorbents for removal of pesticide and metal ions from …

G Cabrera-Barjas, F Gallardo, A Nesic… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, Aspergillus niger and Fusarium culmorum cell wall by-products were chosen as
microbial sources for chitin and chitosan production. Both polysaccharides were …

Synthesis of fungal chitosan–polystyrene modified by nanoparticles of binary metals for the removal of heavy metals from waste aqueous media

SM El-Sabbagh, HI Mira, OA Desouky, SS Hussien… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of fungal chitosan–polystyrene-Co-
nanocomposites (FCPNC) as a material for the adsorptive removal of cadmium (Cd) ions …

Comparative studies of chitosan and its nanoparticles for the adsorption efficiency of various dyes

A Shajahan, S Shankar, A Sathiyaseelan… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chitosan has been considered as a chelating agent with the potential for the adsorption of
dyes, metal ions and proteins. This study was aimed to prepare and characterize different …

[PDF][PDF] Adsorption of copper (II) by chitosan immobilized on sand

MW Wan, CC Kan, CH Lin, DR Buenda… - Chia-Nan Annual …, 2007 - researchgate.net
Because of the dramatic develop of industry, heavy metal pollution has become a global
environmental considerations. The heavy metals in the soil and groundwater have …