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- Title
Biovolatilization of Arsenic by Different Fungal Strains.
- Authors
Urík, Martin; Čerňanský, Slavomír; Ševc, Jaroslav; Šimonovičová, Alexandra; Littera, Pavol
- Abstract
The quantification of arsenic biovolatilization by microscopic filamentous fungi Aspergillus clavatus, A. niger, Trichoderma viride and Penicillium glabrum under laboratory conditions is discussed in this article. The fungi were cultivated on a liquid medium enriched with inorganic arsenic in pentavalent form (H3AsO4). Filamentous fungi volatilized 0.010 mg to 0.067 mg and 0.093 mg to 0.262 mg of arsenic from cultivation systems enriched with 0.25 mg (5 mg.l−1 of arsenic in culture media) and 1.00 mg of arsenic (20 mg.l−1 of arsenic in culture media), respectively. These results represent the loss of arsenic after a 30-day cultivation from cultivation systems. The production of volatile arsenic derivatives by the A. niger and A. clavatus strains was also determined by hourly sorption using the sorbent Anasorb (CSC) on the 29th day of cultivation.
- Subjects
ARSENIC; VAPORIZATION in water purification; BIOACCUMULATION; FILAMENTOUS fungi; MYCOLOGY; TRICHODERMA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS niger; SORBENTS
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2007, Vol 186, Issue 1-4, p337
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-007-9489-7