Bioremediation of Chromium by Microorganisms and Its Mechanisms Related to Functional Groups

Table 1

Various microorganisms used for biosorption of chromium.

Bacteria
S.No.	Species	IC (mg/L)	Dose (g/L)	pH	Time (hr)	% Removal	References
1	Bacillus salmalaya	—	—	3	0.83	20.35 mg/g	[134]
2	Bacillus sp.	—	—	—	72	75	[135]
3	Bacillus spp.	1	0.25	2	5	99	[110]
4	Enterobacter cloacae	0.001	—	—	120	81	[19]
5	Chelatococcus daeguensis	15	—	7	24	94.42	[136]
6	Micrococcus sp.	100	—	7	24	90	[137]
7	Planococcus sp.VITP21	142.8	—	6.8	12	83	[138]
8	Pseudomonas alcaliphila NEWG-2	200	—	7	48	96.60	[139]
9	Halomonas sp. DK4	100	—	6	48	81	[140]
10	Klebsiella sp	100	—	9	72	63.08	[141]
11	Sinorhizobium sp. SAR1	—	7.5	1	—	285.71 mg/g	[142]
Fungi
1	Consortium of Penicillium commune, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Cladosporium perangustum, Cladosporium perangustum, and Fusarium equiseti	—	—	4	24	100	[143]
2	Fusarium sp	—	—	—	—	100	[144]
3	Aspergillus Niger	18.125	4	3	168	96.3	[145]
4	Aspergillus flavus	18.125	4	3	168	92.8
5	Aspergillus fumigatus	18.125	4	3	168	90.1
6	Aspergillus nidulans	18.125	4	3	168	86.7
7	Aspergillus heteromorphus	18.125	4	3	168	83.7
8	Aspergillus foetidus	18.125	4	3	168	78.6
9	Aspergillus viridinutans	18.125	4	3	168	74.4
10	Consortium of Aspergillus lentulus, Aspergillus terreus, and Rhizopus oryzae	100	—	6.5	96	100	[146]
11	Aspergillus lentulus	100	—	6.5	120	83.11
12	Aspergillus terreus	100	—	6.5	96	95.57
13	Rhizopus oryzae	100	—	6.5	168	25.34
14	Aspergillus versicolor	50	—	6	—	99.89	[147]
15	Rhizopus oryzae	400	—	7	72	91.15	[148]
16	Aspergillus sp	100	—	5	24	92	[137]
17	Cladosporium cladosporioides	504	0.5	1	288	491.85 mg/g	[149]
18	Trichoderma sp.	200	0.0016	5	2	96.38	[150]
19	Aspergillus terreus	1000	10	1	24	54	[151]
20	Pleurotus ostreatus	50	—	—	0.367	100	[152]
21	Pleurotus ostreatus	—	0.2	5	2	20.71	[153]
Microalgae
1	Scenedesmus sp.	10	10%(w/v)	1	1.5	92.89	[154]
2	Pseudanabaena mucicola	—	—	2	—	71	[155]
3	Pseudopediastrum boryanum	10	2	2	—	70	[112]
4	Scenedesmus sp.	—	—	—	—	98	[156]
5	Chlorella colonials	6.07	2.7		108	97.8	[157]
6	Chlorella sorokiniana	100	0.2	6.2	72	99.6793	[158]
7	Chlorella sp.	—	—	—	96	34	[159]
8	Chlorella vulagris	100	1.2	3	1	99.75	[160]
9	Scenedesmus sp	10	10%(w/v)	1	2	93.1	[154]
10	Spirulina platensis	150	0.2	1	1.5	45.5 mg/g	[161]
11	Isochrysis galbana,	—	10 mL	5	2	335.27mg/g	[162]
12	Chlamydomonas sp	250	1.5	4	0.5	91	[163]