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- Title
Biohybrid nanofibers containing manganese oxide–forming fungi for heavy metal removal from water.
- Authors
Park, Yaewon; Liu, Shuang; Gardner, Terrence; Johnson, Drake; Keeler, Aaron; Ortiz, Nathalia; Rabah, Ghada; Ford, Ericka
- Abstract
Manganese-oxidizing fungi support bioremediation through the conversion of manganese ions into manganese oxide deposits that in turn adsorb manganese and other heavy metal ions from the environment. Manganese-oxidizing fungi were immobilized onto nanofiber surfaces to assist remediation of heavy metal–contaminated water. Two fungal isolates, Coniothyrium sp. and Coprinellus sp., from a Superfund site (Lot 86, Farm Unit #1) water treatment system were incubated in the presence of nanofibers. Fungal hyphae had strong association with nanofiber surfaces. Upon fungal attachment to manganese chloride–seeded nanofibers, Coniothyrium sp. catalyzed the conformal deposition of manganese oxide along hyphae and nanofibers, but Coprinellus sp. catalyzed manganese oxide only along its hyphae. Fungi–nanofiber hybrids removed various heavy metals from the water. Heavy metal ions were adsorbed into manganese oxide crystalline structure, possibly by ion exchange with manganese within the manganese oxide. Hybrid materials of fungal hyphae and manganese oxides confined to nanofiber-adsorbed heavy metal ions from water.
- Subjects
HEAVY metals; NANOFIBERS; MANGANESE; HAZARDOUS waste sites; DEUTERIUM oxide; HEAVY metal content of water; MANGANESE oxides; POLYACRYLONITRILES
- Publication
Journal of Engineered Fabrics & Fibers (JEFF), 2021, Vol 16, p1
- ISSN
1558-9250
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1558925019898954