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Table 8.5 Biosorpti on capacities of some fu ngi.

Fungal biomass Dye pH T (K) Biosorption

capacity
(mg g -1 )

Reference

Aspergillus
foetidus

Reactive
Black 5

2.0-3.0 323 76.0 [76]

Cunninghamella
elegans

Acid Blue 62 5.0 298 300.0 [77]

Cunninghamella
elegans

Acid
Red 266

5.0 298 610.0 [77]

Aspergillus
lentulus

Acid
Blue 120

6.5 303 97.5 [78]

Cephalosporium
aphidicola

Acid Red 57 1.0 293 109.4 [79]

Cunninghamella
elegans

Orange II 5.6 301 6.9 [80]

Cunninghamella
elegans

Reactive
Black 5

5.6 301 4.2 [80]

Cunninghamella
elegans

Reactive
Red198

5.6 301 23.5 [80]

Aspergillus wentii Brilliant

Blue G

2.0 298 312.5 [81]

Aspergillus
parasiticus

Reactive
Red198

2.0 323 101.4 [82]

Saccharomyces
cerevisiae

Remazol
Blue

3.0 298 84.6 [83]

Saccharomyces
cerevisiae

Remazol
Black B

3.0 298 88.5 [83]

Saccharomyces
cerevisiae

Remazol
Red RB

3.0 298 48.8 [83]

Thamnidium
elegans

Reactive
Red198

2.0 298 234.2 [84]

Thamnidium
elegans

Methyl
Violet

4.0-10.0 288-318 579.4 [85]

Langmuir model. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model described the
biosorption kinetics accurately and the biosorption process was found
to be controlled by pore and surface diffusion. In the work of Akar et al.
[84], a filamentous fungus, Thamnidium elegans , was tested as biosorbent
for the removal of Reactive Red 198 (RR198) from aqueous solutions.