eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology 2014-01-24 2 1 23 27 10.12691/jaem-2-1-5 JAEM2014215 article Jigar Joshi 1 Omprakash Sahu ops0121@gmail.com 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, KIT, Jamnagar (Gujarat), India The discharge of heavy metals into aquatic ecosystems has become a matter of concern in India over the last few decades. These pollutants are introduced into the aquatic systems significantly as a result of various industrial operations. Industrialization in India gained a momentum with initiation of five year developmental plan in the early 50's. The pollutants of concern include lead, chromium, mercury, uranium, selenium, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, gold, silver, copper and nickel. The main objective of the work is to remove the heavy metal by using biomass. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jaem/2/1/5/jaem-2-1-5.pdf biologicalbiosorptionbiomasschemicalheavy metal