The invention provides a biological method for recycling
rare earth from low-concentration heavy
yttrium rare earth wastewater, and belongs to the
biotechnology field. The method includes the steps that a liquid
beef extract-peptone medium is used for cultivating
Serratia marcescens, and thalli are harvested; then a
rare earth solution with the initial concentration being 10-200mg / L is added with the
Serratia marcescens, constant temperature vibration is conducted under the conditions that the pH is 4-5.5, the temperature is 20-40 DEG C and the rotating speed is 50-400r / min, then an adsorption solution is subjected to centrifuging under the condition of 8000*g at the temperature of 4 DEG C, and rare earth
ion adsorption thalli are harvested; an EDTA
complexometric titration method is used for measuring the concentration of supernate
rare earth ions, and the rare earth
ion adsorbing capacity is calculated; and finally, the thalli with the given rare earth
ion adsorbing capacity are added into a
desorption reagent, constant temperature vibration is conducted for
desorption, and a
desorption solution is subjected to centrifuging under the condition of 8000*g at the temperature of 4 DEG C so that thalli can be harvested; and the EDTA
complexometric titration method is used for measuring the concentration of the supernate
rare earth ions, and the rare earth ion desorption rate is calculated. By the adoption of the method, damage to the environment by the
rare earth ions can be removed, rare earth resources are recycled from the low-concentration
wastewater, the process is simple and practicable, operation cost is low and the method is
environmentally friendly.