Biorremediation of heavy metals by a brewer’s yeast

In this work, the suitability of live and inactivated cells of a brewing yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC1364 in the removal of Cu2+, Ni2+ and Zn2+ from solution was compared. Kinetics studies showed that 30 minutes of the contact of live or dead cells with all the metals were enough to...

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Main Author: Machado, Manuela D. (author)
Other Authors: Jansens, Steven (author), Soares, Helena M. V. M. (author), Soares, Eduardo V. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6347
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/6347