River water purification and phycoremediation potential of Spirogyra communis and Botryococcus braunii

Abstract

Phycoremediation is the usage of macro-algae or micro-algae for the elimination or newlinebiotransformation of pollutants, which include nutrients and xenobiotics from river water. newlineInside the present study, the phycoremediation capacities of live green algae, Spirogyra newlineCummins changed into evaluated for toxic heavy metals, lad (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and newlinecopper (Cu) from river water and synthetic solution. Phycoremediation studies conducted newlineon river water effluent revealed that 93 % Pb, 89 % Cd, and 82 % of Cu on 90 minutes of newlinetreatments. Experimental results revealed that Botryococus brurauni have the maximum newlineaccumulation of Pb followed by Cd and Cu after 90 minutes of exposure. Cd followed by newlinePd and Cu maximally reduced the growth performance of the algae measured concerning newlineChl a and Chl b content followed by Pd and Cu. Cd discovered with the aid of the use of newlinePd and Cu maximally reduced the general boom performance of the algae measured newlineconcerning Chl-a (5.8and#956;g/mL) and Chl b (3.1and#956;g/mL) content material accompanied newlinethrough Pd and Cu. The results showed that Botryococus brurauni were appropriate for Pb newlineand Cd removal and bioaccumulation of heavy metals from effluent river water. newlineKeywords: Phycoremediation, Spirogyra Cummins, Botryococus brurauni, newlinebioaccumulation, river water, heavy metals. newline