Bioremoval of Different Heavy Metals by the Resistant Fungal Strain Aspergillus niger

Table 2

Removal of different heavy metals by fungal biomass of A. niger: 28°C, 1 g of fungal biomass, 100 rpm, 24 h.

Heavy metals	pH	Initial concentration (mg/L)	% removal
Chromium (VI)	1.0	50	100
Zinc (II)	5.0	100	100
Mercury (II)	5.5	100	83.2
Fluor (I)	6.0	10	83.0
Cobalt (II)	5.0	100	71.4
Arsenic (V)	6.0	1.0	69
Arsenic (III)	6.0	1.0	66
Lead (II)	4.0	100	59.0
Cadmium (II)	6.0	5.0	57.0
Silver (I)	6.0	100	48.0
Copper (I)	5.0	100	37.0

30 minutes [17]. 165 minutes. Fungal biomass modified with Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O.