A Biotechnological Strategy for Molybdenum Extraction Using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Rouha Kasra-KermanshahiMarziyeh Bahrami-Bavani

Abstract

Biosorption is a potential tool for the extraction of metals from contaminated water and recovery of precious metals, which is a convenient alternative to conventional processes. In the present study, molybdenum recovery by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain ZT-94 was evaluated. Additionally, the effects of pH initial concentration of molybdenum, contact time, adsorbent concentration, and temperature on the biosorption were investigated. As revealed by the results, the greatest amount of molybdenum sorption was achieved at pH 5. By increasing the concentration of molybdenum from 2 to 45 mg/l, the molybdenum removal increases from 71.13 to 150 mg/g dry weight of biomass, but biosorption efficiency decreased. Also, increasing the dry weight of biomass from 0.008 to 0.06 g/l degreased the biosorption efficiency from 20.68 to 85.69%. The results of molybdenum biosorption were evaluated by Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The maximum biosorption capacity for molybdenum extraction was 150.497 mg/g and amount which is very suitable for a biosorbent. The biosorption was examined by scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Because of the elevated biosorption properties of molybdenum by this bioso...Continue Reading

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