author(s)
Azhar Uddin, AM Lall, KP Rao, Suchit A John and Amit Chattree

abstract
Phycoremediation is the usage of macro-algae or micro-algae for the elimination or biotransformation of pollutants, which include nutrients and xenobiotics from wastewater. Inside the present study, the phycoremediation capacities of live green algae, Spirogyra Cummins changed into evaluated for toxic heavy metals, lad (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu) from wastewater and synthetic solution. Spirogyra Cummins algae proved efficient organic vectors for heavy metal uptake. Phycoremediation studies executed on wastewater effluent found out that ninety-eight % Pb, 95 % Cd, and 92 % of Cu on ninety minutes of treatments. Experimental consequences located that Spirogyra Cummins has the maximum accumulation of Pb observed via Cd and Cu after 90 minutes of publicity. Cd discovered with the aid of the use of Pd and Cu maximally reduced the general boom performance of the algae measured concerning Chl-a (5.8 μg/mL) and Chl b (3.1 μg/mL) content material accompanied through Pd and Cu. The effects confirmed that Spirogyra Cummins had been appropriate for Pb and Cd elimination and bioaccumulation of heavy metals from effluent wastewater.