Simultaneous production of pullulan and biosorption of metals by Aureobasidium pullulans strain CH-1 on peat hydrolysate.
It was demonstrated that during the growth of Aureobasidium pullulans strain CH-1 on the acid hydrolysate of peat from the Vlasina Lake, the content of metals (Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cd, Ni and Cr) decreased due to biosorption. The reduction in the metal content was found to be in the range (%): 38.2-62.2, 67.7-97.3, 0.02-62.05, 0.05-23.97, 0.16-4.24, 3.45-51.72, 1.18-35.82, 0.86-44.44, for Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cd, Ni and Cr, respectively. During this process, the metals were accumulated in the biomass, while pullulan, an extracellular polysaccharide produced by Aureobasidium pullulans strain CH-1, was found not to bind the above-mentioned metals.
Radulović
Milanka D
MD
Department of Chemistry, IChTM, Njegoseva 12, P.O. Box 473, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia. milankar@chem.bg.ac.yu
Cvetković
Olga G
OG
Nikolić
Snezana D
SD
Dordević
Dragana S
DS
Jakovljević
Dragica M
DM
Vrvić
Miroslav M
MM
D000327:Adsorption; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005936:Glucans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D012987:Soil; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D005936:Glucans; D008670:Metals; D012987:Soil; C009109:pullulan