Complexation between Hg(II) and biofilm extracellular polymeric substances: An application of fluorescence spectroscopy

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Zhang, Daoyong ^a,b   Pan, Xiangliang ^b   Mostofa, Khan M G ^a   Chen, Xi ^b   Mu, Guijin ^b   Wu, Fengchang ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Song, Wenjuan ^b   Yang, Jianying ^b   Liu, Yanli ^b   Fu, Qinglong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Complexation; Extracellular polymeric substances; Fluorescence; Mercury; Quenching titration

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL FORMS; CONDITIONAL STABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ECOTOXICITY; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE PEAK; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; NEUTRAL PH; ORGANIC LIGANDS; SOLUTION PH; STERN-VOLMER EQUATION; STRONG BINDING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; QUENCHING; TITRATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFILM; COMPLEXATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; PH; POLYMER; SOLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MERCURY; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

EID: 72049116838     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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