Bacillus sp. immobilized on Amberlite XAD-4 resin as a biosorbent for solid phase extraction of thorium prior to UV-vis spectrometry determination

Wang JL, Chen C (2006) Biosorption of heavy metals by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a review. Biotechnol Adv 24:427

Tsezos M, Volesky B (1981) Biosorption of uranium and thorium. Biotechnol Bioeng 23:583

Jain VK, Pandya RA, Pillai SG, Shrivastav PS (2006) Simultaneous preconcentration of uranium(VI) and thorium(IV) from aqueous solutions using a chelating calix[4]arene anchored chloromethylated polystyrene solid phase. Talanta 70:257

Pinaki S, Sufia KK, D’Souza SF (2004) Radionuclide remediation using a bacterial biosorbent. Int Biodeter Biodegrad 54:193

Tsuey-Lin T, Chun-Chih L, Tieh-Chi C (2008) Micro-column solid phase extraction to determine uranium and thorium in environmental samples. Appl Radiat Isotopes 66:1097

WHO (1998) Guidelines for drinking water quality, 2nd ed., Addendum to vol. 2, Health Criteria and Other Supporting Information, WHO/EOS/98.1, Geneva, p 283

WHO (2003) Guidelines for drinking water quality, vol. 1, 3 edn. Geneva

Xuepin L, Li L, Bi S (2004) Adsorption recovery of thorium(IV) by Myrica rubra tanin and larch tannin immobilized onto collagen fibres. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 260:619

Gadd GM (2009) Biosorption: critical review of scientific rationale, environmental importance and significance for pollution treatment. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 84:13

Ahalya N, Ramachandra TV, Kanamadi RD (2003) Biosorption of heavy metals. Res J Chem Environ 7:71

Andres Y, Texier AC, Le Cloirec P (2003) Rare earth elements removal by microbial biosorption: a review. Environ Technol 24:1367

Filipiuk D, Fuks L, Majdan M (2006) Biosorption as a method for removal and recovery of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters. Przem Chem 85:417

Gavrilescu M (2004) Removal of heavy metals from the environment by biosorption. Eng Life Sci 4:219

Jianlong W, Can C (2009) Biosorbents for heavy metals removal and their future. Biotechnol Adv 27:195

Mack C, Wilhelmi B, Duncan JR, Burgess JE (2007) Biosorption of precious metals. Biotechnol Adv 25:264

Nakajima A, Tsuruta T (2004) Competitive biosorption of thorium and uranium by Micrococcus luteus. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 260:13

Romera E, Gonzalez F, Ballester A, Blazquez ML, Munoz JA (2006) Biosorption with algae: a statistical review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 26:223

Vijayaraghavan K, Yun Y (2008) Bacterial biosorbents and biosorption. Biotechnol Adv 26:266

Volesky B (2007) Biosorption and me. Water Res 41:4017

Tsuruta T (2006) Bioaccumulation of uranium and thorium from the solution containing both elements using various microorganisms. J Alloys Compd 408:1312

Yong P, Macaskie LE (1998) Bioaccumulation of lanthanum, uranium and thorium, and use of a model system to develop a method for the biologically-mediated removal of plutonium from solution. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 71:15

Sar P, D’Souza SF (2002) Biosorption of thorium (IV) by a Pseudomonas biomass. Biotechnol Lett 24:239

Tsuruta T (2004) Cell-associated adsorption of thorium or uranium from aqueous system using various microorganisms. Water Air Soil Pollut 159:35

Picardo MC, Ferreira ACM, da Costa ACA (2009) Continuous thorium biosorption-dynamic study for critical bed depth determination in a fixed-bed reactor. Bioresource Technol 100:208

Erdogan S, Merdivan M, Hamamci C, Akba O, Baysal A (2004) Polymer supported humic acid for separation and preconcentration of thorium(IV). Anal Lett 37:2565

Ozdemir S, Gul-Guven R, Kilinc E, Dogru M, Erdogan S (2010) Preconcentration of cadmium and nickel using the bioadsorbent Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis immobilized on Amberlite XAD-4. Microchim Acta. doi: 10.1007/s00604-010-0300-x

Baytak S, Turker AR (2005) The use of Agrobacterium tumefacients immobilized on Amberlite XAD-4 as a new biosorbent for the column preconcentration of iron(III), cobalt(II), manganese(II) and chromium(III). Talanta 65:938

Ghaedi M, Ahmadi F, Soylak M (2007) Preconcentration and separation of nickel, copper and cobalt using solid phase extraction and their determination in some real samples. J Hazard Mater 147:226

Bag H, Lale M, Turker AR (1998) Determination of iron and nickel by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry after preconcentration on Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized sepiolite. Talanta 47:689

Daneshvar G, Jabbari A, Yamini Y, Paki D (2009) Determination of uranium and thorium in natural waters by ICP-OES after on-line solid phase extraction and preconcentration in the presence of 2, 3-dihydro-9, 10-dihydroxy-1, 4-antracenedion. J Anal Chem 64:602

Shrivastav P, Menon SK, Agrawal YK (2001) Selective extraction and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometric determination of thorium using a chromogenic crown ether. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 250:459

Fukuma HT, Fernandes EAN, Nascimento MRL, Quinelato AL (2001) Separation and spectrophotometric determination of thorium contained in uranium concentrate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 248:549

Carvalho MS, de LF DM, Mantovano JL, Cunha JWSD (2002) Preconcentration method for the determination of thorium in natural water by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 253:253

Ganzerli MTV, Maggi L, Crespi VC (2004) Preconcentration and neutron activation analysis of thorium and uranium in natural waters. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 262:143

Khan MH, Ali A, Khan NN (2001) Spectrophotometric determination of thorium with disodium salt of Arsenazo-III in perchloric acid. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 250:353

Sharma CD, Eshwar MC (1985) Rapid spectrophotometric determination of thorium(IV) with 1-(2′-thiazolylazo)-2-naphtol. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 91:323

Khan MH, Hasany SM, Khan MA, Ali A (1994) Spectrophotometric determination of microamounts of thorium with disodium salt of 2-(2-hydroxy-3, 6-dısulfo-1-naphthylazo)-benzenearsonic acid (thorin) as a chromagenic reagent. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 188:341