Uptake of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Naturally Grown Daedalea africana and Phellinus adamantinus Fungi

Herein, Daedalea africana and Phellinus adamantinus were evaluated for the uptake of the methylene blue (MB) dye. Various factors such as pH range, time of exposure, dye concentration, adsorbed quantity, etc. have been studied for the uptake. Adsorption isotherms investigated in this study include the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The Langmuir isotherm has been long known to be the best fit in the process of adsorption. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity for D. africana was reported to be 0.5210 mol/kg, and it is 1.8387 mol/kg for P. adamantinus at 298 K. The n values 0.8748 and 0.9524 obtained indicate that the dye is favorably adsorbed on both adsorbents. Kinetics data analysis has shown that methylene blue adsorbed on the fungus showed pseudo-second-order chemisorption and film as well as intra particle diffusion. These results reveal that the abovementioned fungi can be used as good sources for the uptake of the MB dye.