Biosorption can take place in both living and non-living cells. Bioaccumulation, on the other hand, occurs only in living cells because it is an active process and needs energy provided by the metabolism of the microorganisms.(Choudhary and Sar(2009), (Tangaromsuk et al. (2002),and Zeng et al. (2009) have reported that living cells have a greater capacity for Cd removal than non-livingcells. Based on these observations,