Figure 2: Percentage removal (R %) and loading capacity (Q) of uranium by MPW02 and

MPW03 as a function of initial uranium concentrations.

Figure 3: Effect of pH on uranium sequestration by MPW02 and MPW03
Figure 4: Effect of carbonate-bicarbonate buffer concentration on uranium sequestration by
MPW02 and MPW03.
Figure 5: Effect of biomass concentration on uranium sequestration by MPW02 and MPW03

Figure 6: Uranium sequestration comparison by live and dead biomass of MPW02 and

MPW03
Figure 7: FTIR spectra of MPW02 cells before and after exposure to uranium

Figure 8: FTIR spectra of MPW03 cells before and after exposure to uranium
Table 1: Pseudo-second-order sorption rate constants by strains MPW02 and MPW03

Initial uranium
Strain k2 qe R2
concentration (mg/L)
MPW02 10 0.002 15.45 0.999

25 0.007 46.33 0.997

MPW03 10 0.006 12.83 0.998

25 0.001 24.31 0.987

Table 2: Langmuir and Freundlich model parameters for uranium sequestration by MPW02

and MPW03

Langmuir model Freundlich model

Strain qmax KL R2 k n R2

MPW02 105.26 0.28 0.94 8.19 1.1 0.922

MPW03 30.12 0.16 0.99 6.72 2.89 0.9