Rakhsana Mirza, Saghir Ahmad Jafri, Malik Shahid Shoukat, Kiran Nabi Ch, Faisal Mushtaq, Muhammad Umar Farooq.
Biosorption of Heavy Metals in Industrial Effluents by Agaricus Bisporous.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):184-7.

Aim: To investigate the extraction of the heavy metals (Cu2 and Cd) from wastes of paper, leather, textile, medical and chemical factories using Agaricusbisporous. Methods: Growth rate of Agaricusbisporous were carried out in a selected medium as well as in the effluent. The biosorption of metal ions increased as the concentration of substrate decreased in the medium. The optimum pH for the fungal growth was 6.0. The optimum temperature for the maximum extraction of heavy metals by Agaricusbisporous was 25°C.

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