The effects of pH, temperature, single and dual metal ion
concentrations, initial Planococcus biomass quantities, and
desorption agents on the uptake of cadmium (II) and nickel (II)
were measured using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. To
show surface adsorption of bacteria, SEM-EDX and FTIR
analysis were done before and after metals adsorption. The
maximum biosorption capacity of Planococcus sp. for single
and binary ion was determined to be 0.67 and 0.48 mmol/g for
cadmium (II) and 0.58 and 0.47 mmol/g for nickel (II), respectively. The correlation coefficient for the second-order
kinetic model was 0.993. The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were also applied to the equilibrium of system
and data were better fitted with the Langmuir isotherm