Advance in the Biosorption of Cadmium Contaminant Using Filamentous Fungal Biomass

Filamentous fungal biomass(FFB) is important biomaterial for preparing biosorbents that used for bioremediation of cadmium contaminant.The harmfulness of cadmium and mechanism for mycoremediation of cadmium contaminant were reviewed.A comparative list was done to show the filamentous fungi used for cadmium biosorption,their biosorption capacity and characteristic parameters involved in cadmium biosorption process in the last two decades.An effort was focused on the detailed elucidation upon the techniques and principles in treatment process for cadmium removal by biosorption process and their effects on cadmium biosorption capacity,cadmium removal by the fixed-bed adsorption columns filled with FFB,and the practice effects of cadmium removal from industrial effluent with cadmium contamination were described.