%0 Journal Article %T Preparation and biosorption evaluation of Bacillus subtilis/alginate每chitosan microcapsule %A Ke Tong %J Archive of "Nanotechnology, Science and Applications". %D 2017 %R 10.2147/NSA.S104808 %X The aim of this study was to assess the effect of alginate每chitosan microcapsule on viability characteristics of Bacillus subtilis and the ability of B. subtilis/alginate每chitosan microcapsule to remove uranium ion from aqueous solution. The effects of particle size, chitosan molecular weight and inoculum density on viability characteristics were studied using alginate每chitosan microcapsule-immobilized B. subtilis experiments. In addition, the effects of pH, immobilized spherule dosage, temperature, initial uranium ion concentration and contact time on removal of uranium ion were studied using batch adsorption experiments. The results showed that alginate每chitosan microcapsule significantly improved the viability characteristics of B. subtilis and that B. subtilis/alginate每chitosan microcapsule strongly promoted uranium ion absorption. Moreover, the optimum values of pH was 6; immobilized spherule dosage was 3.5; temperature was 20∼C; initial uranium ion concentration was 150 mg/L; contact time was 3 h of uranium ion absorption and the maximum adsorption capacity of uranium ion was 376.64 mg/g %K alginate每chitosan microcapsule %K Bacillus subtilis %K viability characteristics %K uranium ion %K adsorption %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304977/