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The presence of toxic heavy metals in the environment, even in trace amounts, can pose a serious threat to aquatic life and humans. The toxic heavy metals are commonly found in effluents from industries such as metal plating, finishing and smelting, alloy manufacturing, and non-ferrous metallurgical plants. Identification of an effective and low-cost treatment technology for the removal of toxic heavy metals from wastewater is required.
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Kapoor, A., Viraraghavan, T. (1997). Biosorption of heavy metals by Aspergillus niger . In: Wise, D.L. (eds) Global Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1711-3_13
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