Table 4 Comparison of CASp2b with other AsIII biosorbents.

From: Biosorption of arsenic (III) from aqueous solution using calcium alginate immobilized dead biomass of Acinetobacter sp. strain Sp2b

Biosorbent

AsIII Biosorption Potential

Ref

Live/dead biomass/immobilized

Optimum conditions

Maximum biosorption capacity(qmax) (mg/g)

Reusability

pH

Temp

Time

CASp2b

9

35 °C

20 min

20.1 mg/g w.wt

5 cycles

Present study

l-Histidine immobilized montmorillonite

6

44 °C

30 min

87.7 mg/g

Not mentioned

116

Immobilized biomass of Garcinia cambogia

6–8

30 min

5 cycles

117

La(III) loaded carboxyl functionalized watermelon rind

7.1

34.85 °C

62.50 + 0.11 mg/g

Several cycles

82

Iron impregnated fungal bio-filter (IIFB) discs of luffa sponge containing Phanerochaete chrysosporium mycelia

7

28 °C

30 min

92.4 mg/g

4 cycles

81

MPAC-500 and MPAC-600 (magnetic-activated carbons synthesized from the peel of Pisum sativum pea)

25 °C

 

0.7297 mg/g and 1.3335 mg/g, respectively

5 cycles

111

Dead algae Chlamydomonas sp.

4

25 °C

60 min

58.8 mg/g

5 cycles

38