UTILIZATION OF AMMONIA, GENERATED FROM ABIOTIC CYANIDE DEGRADATION, BY RHODOTORULA-RUBRA

Authors
ANDRADE MC FIGUEIRA MM LINARDI VR
Citation
Mc. Andrade et al., UTILIZATION OF AMMONIA, GENERATED FROM ABIOTIC CYANIDE DEGRADATION, BY RHODOTORULA-RUBRA, World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 11(3), 1995, pp. 343-344
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09593993
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
343 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-3993(1995)11:3<343:UOAGFA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
viability of the yeast Rhodotorula rubra, isolated from liquid samples of gold-mine effluents, was not affected by the presence of 11.52 mM cyanide. The yeast was able to utilize ammonia, generated from abiotic cyanide degradation in the presence of reducing sugars, in aerobic cu lture at pH 9.0. These physiological characteristics encourage studies with mixed cultures of cyanide-degrading organisms, using this yeast as an assimilator of ammonia.