Table 1: Comparison between Cd(II) maximum removals (10ppm) due to the biosorption or biotransformation using inactivated biomass and living cells of P. agglomerans incubated for 6h.

pH/Temperature	Both Sorption and Metabolic Removal (%)		Only Sorption Removal (%)		Real Removal (%) Due to Bacterial Metabolism
	25 °C	35 °C	25 °C	35 °C	25 °C	35 °C
pH 3.0	99.22	94.92	89.56	87.26	9.66	7.66
pH.5.0	95.17	94.55	86.57	78.85	8.60	15.70
pH 6.0	95.90	100.0	88.66	100.0	7.24	0