Table 3. Efficiency of heavy metals and sodium removal by viable cells of selected PNB strains under microaerobic-light and aerobic-dark conditions for 30 min.

Heavy metals and Na

Initial conc. (mg/L)^A

Efficiency^B (% biosorption)

Microaerobic-light

Aerobic-dark

NW16
(55.38 ml)^C

KMS24
(81.25 ml)^C

NW16
(81.63 ml)^C

KMS24
(114.25 ml)^C

Cd

0.75

2.33 ± 0.83^a

3.39 ± 0.19^a

6.99 ± 1.50^b

2.50 ± 0.89^a

Pb

62.63

27.70 ± 2.78^b

22.82 ± 0.12^a

39.49 ± 1.44^c

21.34 ± 1.04 ^a

Cu

34.60

12.37 ± 0.89^a

11.96 ± 0.37^a

19.92 ± 0.99^b

11.95 ± 0.70^a

Zn

58.50

4.63 ± 0.92^ab

4.57 ± 0.04^ab

5.46 ± 1.24 ^b

3.20 ± 0.29^a

Na

3.00%

25.84 ± 0.73^a

26.51 ± 2.04^a

30.07 ± 1.74^b

31.12 ± 1.00^c