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Effects Of Nitrogen Depletion On The Biosorption Capacities Of Neochloris Minuta And Neochloris Alveolaris For Five Heavy Metals, Dimitri Giarikos, Jessica Brown, Reza Razeghifard, Duy Vo, Ammy Castillo, Nikhil Nagabandi, Justin Gaffney, Miriam Zelden, Anna Antakshinova, Sara Rodriguez, Safiyah Muhammad
Effects Of Nitrogen Depletion On The Biosorption Capacities Of Neochloris Minuta And Neochloris Alveolaris For Five Heavy Metals, Dimitri Giarikos, Jessica Brown, Reza Razeghifard, Duy Vo, Ammy Castillo, Nikhil Nagabandi, Justin Gaffney, Miriam Zelden, Anna Antakshinova, Sara Rodriguez, Safiyah Muhammad
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Neochloris minuta and Neochloris alveolaris grown in nitrogen-rich (+ N) and nitrogen-depleted (-N) media were tested for their heavy metal maximum biosorption capacities (qmax) and adsorption percent efficiencies (R%). By removing nitrogen from the growth media, both algal species showed an increase in their lipid content and a decrease in their protein content. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms were used to determine the qmax and adsorption efficiencies of the + N and −N algae in the recovery of Pb2+, Cd2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, and Ni2+. When comparing the …