Bohumil Volesky

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174) Diniz, V. and Volesky, B. 2005. Effect of counterions on lanthanum biosorption by Sargassum polycystum. Water Research 39 (11, June 2005), 2229-2236.
173) Naja, G., Mustin, C., Volesky, B. and Berthelin, J. 2005. A High Resolution Titrator: A new approach to studying binding sites of microbial biosorbents. Water Research 39, 579-588.
172) Diniz, V. and Volesky, B. 2005. Biosorption of La, Eu and Yb using Sargassum biomass. Water Research 39 (1), 239-247.
171) Davis, T.A., Ali, F.E., Giannitti, E., Volesky, B. 2004. Cadmium biosorption by Sargassum fluitans: Treatment, resilience and uptake relative to other Sargassum spp. and brown algae. Water Quality Res. J. Canada 39 (3), 183-189.
170) Volesky, B. 2003. Sorption and Biosorption (ISBN #0-9732983-0-8). BV Sorbex, Montreal-St.Lambert, Canada, 316 pgs.
169) Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Volesky, B., Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L. and Mucci, A. 2002. A 1H-NMR spectroscopic characterization of sodium alginates extracted from Sargassum spp. and its relevance to heavy metal biosorption. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 110 (2), 75-90.
168) Yun, Y.S. and Volesky, B. 2003. Modeling of Lithium interference in Cadmium biosorption. Envir. Sci. Technol. 37, 3601-3608.
167) Davis, T.A., Mucci, A. and Volesky, B. 2003. A review of the biochemistry of heavy metal biosorption by brown algae. Wat. Res. 37 (18) 4311-4330.
166) Volesky, B. 2003. Biosorption: Application aspects – Process modeling tools Hydrometallurgy 71(1-2) 179-190.
165) Niu, H., Volesky, B. 2003. Characteristics of anionic metal species biosorption with waste crab shells. Hydrometallurgy 71(1-2) 209-215.
164) Niu, H. & Volesky, B. 2003. Biosorption mechanism for anionic metal species with waste crab shells. Eur. J. Mineral Proc. & Envir. Protect. 3 (1) 75-87.
163) Volesky, B. Weber, J. and Park, J. M. 2003. Continuous-flow metal biosorption in a regenerable Sargassum column, Wat. Res. 37(2), 297-306.
162) Volesky, B. 2003. From Engineering to Biotechnology (in Czech). Technik 11(1), 34
161) Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Mucci, A. and Volesky, B. 2003. Metal selectivity for Sargassum spp. and their alginates in relation to their guluronic acid content and conformation. Envir. Sci. Technol. 37 (2) 261-267.
160) Palmieri, M., Volesky, B. & Garcia, O.Jr. 2002. Biosorption of lanthanum using Sargassum fluitans in batch system. Hydrometallurgy 67 (1-3) 31-36.
159) Volesky, B. and Carsky, M. 2001. Biosorption for detoxification of mining effluents. SAIChE National Meeting – Proceedings, Secunda, SA, Oct. 8-12. Published on a CD by SAIChE, 2123-Pinegowrie , SA.
158) Yun, Y.S., Park, D.H., Park, J.M. & Volesky, B. 2001. Biosorption of trivalent chromium on the brown seaweed biomass. Envir. Sci. Technol. 35, 4353-58.

Biohydrometallurgy: Fundamentals, Technology and Sustainable Development. Internat. Biohydromet. Symp. Proceedings. Part B - Biosorption and Bioremediation. Ciminelli, V.S.T. & Garcia, O.Jr., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
157) Volesky, B. 2001. Biosorption: Application aspects – Process modeling tools, pgs. 69-80.
156) Davis, T.A., Martimbeau, C.E., Muci, A. & Volesky, B. 2001. Bioremediation of mercury in aquatic environments by the brown marine algae Sargassum fluitans, pgs. 155-163
155) Yun, Y.S, Niu, H. & Volesky, B. 2001. The effect of impurities on metal biosorption, pgs. 181-187.
154) Niu, H. & Volesky, B. 2001. Biosorption of anionic metal complexes, pgs. 189-197

153) Volesky, B., Yang, J. and Niu, H. 2001. Biosorption of metal cations and anions. In: Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction (vol.14), SenGupta, A.K. & Marcus, Y. (eds.) M. Dekker, NY, pp. 119-168 (Invited book chapter).
152) Niu, H. and Volesky, B. 2001. Gold adsorption from cyanide solution by chitinous materials. J.Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 76, 291-297.
151) Volesky, B. 2001. Detoxification of metal-bearing effluents: Biosorption for the next century, Hydromet. 59 (2-3) 203-216.
150) Volesky, B. 2000. Biosorption of heavy metals: Methodology example of uranium removal. In Treatment of Wastewaters Containing Heavy Metal Compounds, Kornmuller, A., ed. TU Berlin, Germany, 17-37.
149) Davis, T.A, Volesky, B. and Vieira, R.H.S.F. 2000. Sargassum seaweed as biosorbent for heavy metals. Wat. Res. 34, 4270-4278.
148) Figueira, M.M., Volesky, B. Azarian, K, & Ciminelli, V.S.T. 2000. Biosorption column performance with a metal mixture. Envir. Sci. Technol. 34(20); 4320-4326.
147) Niu, H. & Volesky, B. 2000. Gold-cyanide biosorption with L-cysteine. J.Chem.Technol.Biotechnol. 75,436-42.
146) Kratochvil, D. & Volesky, B. 2000. Multicomponent biosorption in fixed beds. Wat. Res. 34, 3186-3196.
145) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 2000. Biosorption by Marine Algae. In: Remediation. Valdes, J.J. (ed.) Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 139-169. (Invited book chapter)
144) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 2000. Biosorption process for Heavy metal removal. In: Environmental Microbe-Metal Interactions, Lovley, D.R. (ed.), ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 329-362. (Invited book chapter)
143) Vieira, R.H.S.F. and Volesky, B. 2000. Biosorption: a solution to pollution ? Internatl. Microbiol. 3, 17-24.
142) Figueira, M.M.F., Volesky, B. and Ciminelli, V.S.T. 2000. Biosorption of metals in brown seaweed biomass. Wat. Res. 34: 196-204.
141) Yang, J. and Volesky, B. 1999. Modeling the uranium-proton ion exchange in biosorption. Envir. Sci. Technol. 33, 4049-4085.
140) Niu, H. and Volesky, B. 1999. Characteristics of gold biosorption from cyanide solution. J.Chem. Technol.Biotechnol. 74, 778-784.
139) Yang, J. and Volesky, B. 1999. Biosorption of uranium on Sargassum biomass. Wat. Res. 33, 3357-3363.
138) Yun, Y.S., Park, J.M. and Volesky, B. 1999. Modeling of microalgal photosynthetic activity depending on light intensity, light pathlength and cell density. Korean J.Biotechnol.Bioeng. 14(4) 414-421.
137) Yun, Y.S., Park, J.M. and Volesky, B. 1999. Simultaneous treatment of carbon dioxide and ammonia by microalgal culture. Korean J.Biotechnoil.Bioeng.14 (3) 328-336.
136) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1999. Biosorption of Heavy Metals. In: Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Engineering, Flickinger, M.C. and Drew, S.W., eds. Wiley, NY, pp. 433-453.

Biohydrometallurgy and the Environment Toward the Mining of the 21st Century. Internat. Biohydrometallurgy Symposium Proceedings, 1999:
(Ballester, A. and Amils, R., eds. Elsevier Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 135) Volesky, B. 1999. Biosorption for the next century, 161-170.
134) Volesky, B. Weber, J. and Vieira, R. 1999. Biosorption of Cd and Cu by different types of Sargassum biomass, 473-482.
133) Yang, J. & Volesky, B. 1999. Removal and concentration of uranium by seaweed biosorbent, 483-492.
132) Niu, H., Volesky, B. and N. Gomes. 1999. Enhancement of gold-cyanide biosorption by L-cystein, 493-502.
131) Figueira, M.M.F., Volesky, B., Azarian, K. and Ciminelli, V.S.T. 1999. Multimetal biosorption in a column using Sargassum biomass, 503-512.

130) Lee, H.K. and Volesky, B. 1999. Interference of aluminium in copper biosorption by an algal biosorbent. Water Qual. Res. J. Canada, 34(3), 519-533.
129) Figueira, M.M., Volesky, B. and Mathieu, H.J. 1999. Instrumental analysis study of iron species biosorption by Sargassum biomass. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33 (11), 1840-1846.
128) Lee, H.S. and Volesky, B. 1999. Evaluation of aluminum and copper biosorption in two-metal system using algal biosorbent. Environ. Sci. (Korea) 2 (2), 149-158.
127) Yang, J. and Volesky, B. 1999. Cadmium biosorption rate in protonated Sargassum biomass. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33, 751-757.
126) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1998. Developing the biosorption process for acid mine drainage remediation. In: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, Doyle, F.M., Arbiter, N. and Kuyucak, N. eds. Gordon & Breach Sci. Pub., Langhorne, PA, 323-331.
125) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1998. Biosorption of Cu from ferruginous wastewater by algal biomass. Wat. Res. 32, 2760-2768.
124) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1998. Removal of trivalent and hexavalent chromium by seaweed biosorbent. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32, 2693-2698.
123) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1998. Advances in the biosorption of heavy metals. Trends Biotechnol. 16, 291-300.
122) Lee, H.S. and Volesky, B. 1997. Interaction of light metals and protons with seaweed biosorbent. Water Res. 31, 3082-3088.
121) Fourest, E. and Volesky, B. 1997. Alginate properties and heavy metal biosorption by seaweed biomass. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 67(3), 215-226.
120) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1997. Optimizing Cu removal/recovery in a biosorption column. Water Res. 31, 2327-39.
119) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1997. Ionic strength and electrostatic effects in biosorption of divalent metals and protons. Envir. Sci. Technol. 31, 2478-2485.
118) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1997. Ionic strength and electrostatic effects in biosorption of protons. Envir. Sci. Technol. 31, 1863-1871.
117) Kratochvil, D. and Volesky, B. 1997. Removal of heavy metals by a new biosorbent. In Biotechnology and the Mining environment: BIOMINET Meeting Proceedings, Lortie, L., Bedard, C., and Gould W.D., eds. CANMET (SP97-1)/ Nat. Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ont., K1A 0G1, pg. 41-60.
116) Figueira, M.M., Volesky, B. and Ciminelli, V.S.T. 1997. Interference of Fe in the biosorption of Cd. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 54, 344-349.
115) Leusch, A., Holan, Z.R. and Volesky, B. 1996. Solution and particle effects on the biosorption of heavy metals by seaweed biomass. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 61(3), 231-249.
114) Yang, J. and Volesky, B. 1996. Intraparticle diffusivity of Cd ions in a new biosorbent material. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 66, 355-364.
113) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1996. Modeling multi-metal ion exchange in biosorption. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30, 2921-27.
112) Fourest, E. and Volesky, B. 1996. Contribution of sulphonate groups and alginate to heavy metal biosorption by the dry biomass of Sargassum fluitans. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30, 277-282.
111) Chong, K.H. and Volesky, B. 1996. Metal biosorption equilibria in a ternary system. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 49, 629-638.
110) Leusch, A. and Volesky, B. 1995. The influence of film diffusion on cadmium biosorption by marine biomass. J. Biotechnol. 43, 1-10.
109) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1995. Mathematical evaluation of experimental and modeling errors in biosorption. Biotechnol. Tech. 9, 843-848.
108) Figueira, M.M., Yang, J., Volesky, B. and Camargos, E.R.S. 1995. Interference of Fe in the Cd uptake by Sargassum biomass. Biohydrometallurgical Processing, Vol.2, Proceedings of the International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Jerez, C.A., Vargas, T., Toledo, H. and Wiertz, J.V., eds. Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile, p. 187-194.
107) Schiewer, S. Fourest, E., Chong, K.H. and Volesky, B. 1995. Ion exchange in biosorption by dried seaweed: experiments and model predictions. Biohydrometallurgical Processing, Vol.2, Proceedings of the International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Jerez, C.A., Vargas, T., Toledo, H. and Wiertz, J.V., eds. Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile, p. 219-228.
106) Schiewer, S. and Volesky, B. 1995. Modeling of proton-metal ion exchange in biosorption. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29, 3049-3058.
105) Kratochvil, D., Fourest, E. and Volesky, B. 1995.. Biosorption of copper by Sargassum fluitans biomass in a fixed-bed column. Biotechnol. Lett. 17, 777-782.
104) Aldor, I., Fourest, E and Volesky, B. 1995. Desorption of cadmium from algal biosorbent. Can. J. Chem. Eng. 73, 516-522.
103) Chong, K.-H. and Volesky, B. 1995. Description of 2-metal biosorption equilibria by Langmuir-type models. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 47, 451-460.
102) Holan, Z.R. and Volesky, B. 1995. Accumulation of cadmium, lead and nickel by fungal and wood biosorbents, Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 53, 133-146.
101) Volesky, B. and Holan, Z.R. 1995. Biosorption of heavy metals, Biotechnol. Progress 11, 235-250.
100) Leusch, A., Holan, Z.R. and Volesky, B. 1995. Biosorption of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) by chemically reinforced biomass of marine algae, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 62, 279-288.
99) deCarvalho, R.P., Chong, K.H. and Volesky, B. 1995. Evaluation of the Cd, Cu and Zn biosorption in two-metal systems using algal biosorbent, Biotechnol. Progress 11, 39-44.
98) Volesky, B. and May-Phillips, H.A. 1995. Biosorption of heavy metals by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 42, 797-806.
97) deCarvalho, R.P., Chong, K.H. and Volesky, B. 1994. Effects of leached alginate on metal biosorption, Biotechnol. Lett. 46, 875-880.
96) Volesky, B. 1994. Advances in biosorption of metals: Selection of biomass types. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 14, 291-302.
95) Mulchandani, A. and Volesky, B. 1994. Production of acetone-butanol-ethanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum using a spin filter perfusion bioreactor, J. Biotechnol. 34, 51-60.
94) Holan, Z.R. and Volesky, B. 1994. Biosorption of lead and nickel by biomass of marine algae. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 43, 1001-1009.
93) Volesky, B. and Prasetyo, I. 1994. Cadmium removal in a biosorption column. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 43, 1010-1015.
92) Niu, H., Xu, X.S., Wang, J.H. and Volesky, B. 1993. Removal of lead from aqueous solutions by Penicillium biomass, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 42, 785-787.
91) Volesky, B., May, H. and Holan, Z.R. 1993. Cadmium biosorption by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 41, 826-829.
90) Holan, Z.R., Volesky, B. and Prasetyo, I. 1993. Biosorption of Cadmium by biomass of marine algae, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 41, 819-825.