Eichhornia crassipes biochar aided pollutants sorption competence of multi-metal tolerant fungi species on South Pennar river

Mathiyazhagan Narayanan; Ying Ma; Sami Al Obaid; Saleh Alfarraj; Pham Anh Duc; Indira Karuppusamy

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.116152

Eichhornia crassipes biochar aided pollutants sorption competence of multi-metal tolerant fungi species on South Pennar river

Environ Res. 2023 Aug 15;231(Pt 2):116152. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116152. Epub 2023 May 22.

Authors

Mathiyazhagan Narayanan¹, Ying Ma², Sami Al Obaid³, Saleh Alfarraj⁴, Pham Anh Duc⁵, Indira Karuppusamy⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Research and Innovations, Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India.
² College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
³ Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Faculty of Safety Engineering, School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
⁶ Emerging Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications Research Group, School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Faculty of Environment, School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Electronic address: karuppusamy.i@vlu.edu.vn.

PMID: 37224949
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116152

Abstract

The number of studies about the use of efficient techniques to treat contaminated water bodies has increased in recent years. The use of bioremediation method for the reduction of contaminants from aqueous system is receiving a lot of attention. Thus, this study was designed to assess the Eichhornia crassipes biochar amended pollutants sorption competence of multi-metal tolerant Aspergillus flavus on South Pennar River. The physicochemical characteristics declared that the, half of the parameters (turbidity, TDS, BOD, COD, Ca, Mg, Fe, free NH_3, Cl^-, and F^-) of South Pennar River were beyond the permissible limits. Furthermore, the lab-scale bioremediation investigation with different treatment groups (group I, II, and III) revealed that the group III (E. crassipes biochar and A. flavus mycelial biomass) showed considerable remediation efficiency on South Pennar River water in 10 days of treatment. The metals adsorbed on the surface of E. crassipes biochar and A. flavus mycelial biomass was also affirmed by SEM analysis. Hence such findings, E. crassipes biochar amended A. flavus mycelial biomass could be a sustainable method of remediating contaminated South Pennar River water.

Keywords: Aspergillus flavus; Contaminated water; Eichhornia crassipes biochar; Polluted water; SEM analysis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biodegradation, Environmental
Eichhornia*
Environmental Pollutants* / analysis
Metals / analysis
Rivers
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

Environmental Pollutants
biochar
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Metals