A bacterial strain tolerant to the presence of 400 ppm lead was isolated from digested sewage sludge. The organism was identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var: anitraus (98% confidence). Both viable and formalin-inactivated bacterial cells could remove Pb from an aqueous solution. The Pb-binding ability of inactivated cells was compared with that of a commercial ion-exchange resin, Amberlite IR-I20. The metal-binding ability of A. calcoaceticus followed the sequence Pb≥Cu≥Cr≥ (Cd, Ni, and Zn)≥Co. The ability of the inactivated cells to remove Pb was pH sensitive, and the adsorption process was slightly affected at high temperature (70℃). The adsorption and desorption process worked equally well with A. calcoaceticus embedded in a polyacrylamide gel matrix. (c)1990 Academic Press, Inc.
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