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Contaminant

Microbe/agri-food

waste

Biosorbent

Results

References

Mercury

Microbe

Polyporus

squamosus

fungus

Maximum biosorption

yield of 35.37% was

observed at 5.30 pH, 20 ^∘C

temperature and contact

time of 254.9 min

[36]

Methyl orange

Microbe

Aspergillus

flavus

Fungus removed 53.62% of

methyl orange at 5.5 pH,

with biomass amount of

2 g/l and contact time of

40 min

[37]

2,4-D,

2,4-dichlorophenoxy

propanoic acid

(2,4-DP), and

2,4-dichlorophenoxy

butyric acid

(2,4-DB)

Agri-food

waste

Apple shell,

banana and

orange peel,

and millet

waste

Efficient removal of

pesticides from polluted

wastewater by agricultural

waste at a pH range of 6

and 7 and contact time of

60 min

[38]

Tebuconazole,

triadimenol,

cymoxanil,

pirimicarb

Agri-food

waste

Spent

mushroom

substrate

(SMS)

Biosorption of these

pesticides by SMS

modified soils enhanced

because of the

improvement in organic

carbon produced by the

biosorbent SMS

[25]

Pirimicarb,

imidacloprid,

acetamiprid, and

thiamethoxam

Agri-food

waste

Chestnut

shells

Chestnut shells waste has

optimal biosorption

characteristics for these

pesticides, in which

maximum uptake was

observed when chestnut

shells were pretreated

with citric acid

[39]

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