Biosorption characteristics of unicellular green alga Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized in loofa sponge for removal of Cr（Ⅲ）

Loofa sponge （LS） immobilized biomass of Chlorella sorokiniana （LSIBCS）, isolated from industrial wastewater, was investigated as a new biosorbent for the removal of Cr（Ⅲ） from aqueous solution. A comparison of the biosorption of Cr（Ⅲ） by LSIBCS and free biomass of C. sorokiniana （FBCS） from 10-300 mg Cr（Ⅲ）/L aqueous solutions showed an increase in uptake of 17.79% when the microalgal biomass was immobilized onto loofa sponge. Maximum biosorption capacity for LSIBCS and FBCS was found to be 69.26 and 58.80 mg Cr（Ⅲ）/g biosorbent, respectively, whereas the amount of Cr（Ⅲ） ions adsorbed onto naked LS was 4.97 mg/g. The kinetics of Cr（Ⅲ） biosorption was extremely rapid and equilibrium was established in about 15 and 20 min by LSIBCS and FBCS, respectively. The biosorption equilibrium was well defined by Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. The biosorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second order kinetic model. The biosorption was found to be pH dependent and the maximum sorption occurred at the solution pH 4.0. Desorption studies showed that 98% of the adsorbed Cr（Ⅲ） could be desorbed with 0.1 mol/L HNO3, while other desorbing agents were less effective in the order： EDTA 〉 H2SO4 〉 CH3COOH 〉 HCl. The regenerated LSIBCS retained 92.68% of the initial Cr（Ⅲ） binding capacity up to five cycles of reuse in continuous flow-fixed bed columns. The study revealed that LSIBCS could be used as an effective biosorbent for the removal of Cr（Ⅲ） from wastewater.     

光质对小球藻(Chlorella sorokiniana)生长和代谢机制的调控

为研究光质对小球藻(Chlorella sorokiniana)生长和代谢机制的影响,分析了不同光质下C. sorokiniana的生长情况,利用Illumina平台进行转录组测序.结果表明:红､蓝光是C. sorokiniana生长的有效光质,红､蓝光培养7d后藻细胞密度分别比白光对照组的高52.96%和61.11%.C. sorokiniana在不同光质下具有独特的生理特性,蓝光组Chl a､Chl b和Car最高,分别为(17.84±0.26), (8.39±0.19), (6.04±0.08) mg/L;红光培养7d后微藻的碳水化合物和脂质含量最高,分别达到了(115.60±1.81)μg/mg和(18.64±0.54)%.通过转录组测序分析,不同光质下C. sorokiniana的基因表达存在差异,红光下碳酸酐酶､乙酰辅酶A羧化酶和脂肪酸合成酶的基因表达量较高,差异表达的基因大部分参与了脂肪酸合成和碳固定过程;蓝光下RubisCO酶的基因表达量最高且光合系统中富集的差异基因均上调表达,光合速率和碳固定速率最快;绿光下微藻大部分的基因表达量较低,新陈代谢潜能较差;白光下C. sorokiniana的TCA循环活跃,不利于储存碳水化合物和脂质.