title: Biosorption of heavy metals by a marine bacterium.
abstract: Heavy metal chelation property of exopolysaccharide produced by Enterobacter cloaceae, a marine bacterium, isolated from the West Coast of India, is reported in this paper. The exopolysaccharide demonstrated excellent chelating properties with respect to cadmium (65%) followed by copper (20%) and cobalt (8%) at 100 mg/l heavy metal concentration. However, it could not chelate mercury. A comparative study of the percentage biosorption of the above mentioned metals is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mody
authors.forename: Bhavanath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002614:Chelating Agents; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000737:chemistry*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D014873:Water Pollutants