SCREENING OF HEAVY METAL-TOLERANT ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM THE SALI RIVER

Authors
AMOROSO MJ CASTRO GR CARLINO FJ ROMERO NC HILL RT OLIVER G
Citation
Mj. Amoroso et al., SCREENING OF HEAVY METAL-TOLERANT ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM THE SALI RIVER, Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 44(2), 1998, pp. 129-132
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of General and Applied Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221260
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
129 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1260(1998)44:2<129:SOHMAI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Fifty-three strains of actinomycetes resistant to heavy metals were is olated from the Sail River in northwest Argentina. Screening procedure s that involve solid and liquid synthetic media containing Cd2+, Cu2+, or Hg2+ allowed the selection of six strains. These strains showed a quantitative sorption of Cd2+ and Cu2+ by more than 98% of the initial metal concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mM) tested.