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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Format: | conferencePaper |
Language: | eng |
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2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6347 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/6347 |