Competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by actinomycetes

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The competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by actinomycetes was examined. Of the actinomycetes tested, Streptomyces levoris showed the highest ability to sorb both thorium and uranium from aqueous systems. Thorium sorption was not affected by co-existed uranium, while uranium sorption was strongly hindered by co-existed thorium. The amounts of both thorium and uranium sorbed by Streptomyces levoris cells increased with an increase of the solution pH. Although the equilibrium isotherm of uranium biosorption is in similar manner as that of thorium biosorption, uranium was sorbed much faster than thorium. Biosorption isotherm of each metal ion could be well fitted by Langmuir isotherm taking the ionic charge of metal ions into account. The Langmuir isotherm for binary system did not explain completely the competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by Streptomyces levoris. However, the results suggested that the ion species of both metals in the cells should be Th(OH)22+ and UO22+, respectively. © 2002 Atomic Energy Society of Japan.

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Nakajima, A., & Tsuruta, T. (2002). Competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by actinomycetes. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39, 528–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2002.10875523

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