Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets
Fungal biosorption is an environmental biotechnology based on the ability of the fungal cell wall to concentrate harmful water pollutants. Among its advantages are its simplicity, high efficiency, flexibility of operation, and low cost. The biosorptive performance of fungal pellets is getting growin...
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| author | Adriana Jazmín Legorreta-Castañeda Carlos Alexander Lucho-Constantino Rosa Icela Beltrán-Hernández Claudia Coronel-Olivares Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez |
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| description | Fungal biosorption is an environmental biotechnology based on the ability of the fungal cell wall to concentrate harmful water pollutants. Among its advantages are its simplicity, high efficiency, flexibility of operation, and low cost. The biosorptive performance of fungal pellets is getting growing attention since they offer process advantages over the culture of disperse mycelia, such as an enhanced biomass separation, and a high resilience in severe environmental conditions. In this review, biosorption capacity of fungal pellets towards heavy metals, dyes, phenolic compounds, humic substances, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals was reviewed. Available data about the adsorption capacity of pellets, their removal efficiency, and the operational conditions used were collected and synthesized. The studies relying on biodegradation were discarded to present only the possibilities of fungal pellets for removing these concern pollutants through biosorption. It was found that the biosorption of complex mixtures of pollutants on fungal pellets is scarcely studied, as well as the interfering effect of anions commonly found in water and wastewater. Furthermore, there is a lack of research with real wastewater and at pilot and large scale. These topics need to be further explored to take full advantage of fungal pellets on improving the quality of aquatic systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1323098baa80473f9de4defda08361542023-11-19T22:00:00ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412020-04-01124115510.3390/w12041155Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal PelletsAdriana Jazmín Legorreta-Castañeda0Carlos Alexander Lucho-Constantino1Rosa Icela Beltrán-Hernández2Claudia Coronel-Olivares3Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez4Área Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Pachuca C. P. 42184, MexicoÁrea Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Pachuca C. P. 42184, MexicoÁrea Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Pachuca C. P. 42184, MexicoÁrea Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Pachuca C. P. 42184, MexicoÁrea Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Pachuca C. P. 42184, MexicoFungal biosorption is an environmental biotechnology based on the ability of the fungal cell wall to concentrate harmful water pollutants. Among its advantages are its simplicity, high efficiency, flexibility of operation, and low cost. The biosorptive performance of fungal pellets is getting growing attention since they offer process advantages over the culture of disperse mycelia, such as an enhanced biomass separation, and a high resilience in severe environmental conditions. In this review, biosorption capacity of fungal pellets towards heavy metals, dyes, phenolic compounds, humic substances, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals was reviewed. Available data about the adsorption capacity of pellets, their removal efficiency, and the operational conditions used were collected and synthesized. The studies relying on biodegradation were discarded to present only the possibilities of fungal pellets for removing these concern pollutants through biosorption. It was found that the biosorption of complex mixtures of pollutants on fungal pellets is scarcely studied, as well as the interfering effect of anions commonly found in water and wastewater. Furthermore, there is a lack of research with real wastewater and at pilot and large scale. These topics need to be further explored to take full advantage of fungal pellets on improving the quality of aquatic systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/4/1155fungal granulationadsorptiontoxic pollutionheavy metalsdyesemerging pollutants |
| spellingShingle | Adriana Jazmín Legorreta-Castañeda Carlos Alexander Lucho-Constantino Rosa Icela Beltrán-Hernández Claudia Coronel-Olivares Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets Water fungal granulation adsorption toxic pollution heavy metals dyes emerging pollutants |
| title | Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets |
| title_full | Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets |
| title_fullStr | Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets |
| title_short | Biosorption of Water Pollutants by Fungal Pellets |
| title_sort | biosorption of water pollutants by fungal pellets |
| topic | fungal granulation adsorption toxic pollution heavy metals dyes emerging pollutants |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/4/1155 |
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