Screening of heavy metal-tolerant actinomycetes isolated from the Salí River.
Fifty-three strains of actinomycetes resistant to heavy metals were isolated from the Salí River in northwest Argentina. Screening procedures that involve solid and liquid synthetic media containing Cd(2+), Cu(2+), or Hg(2+) allowed the selection of six strains. These strains showed a quantitative sorption of Cd(2+) and Cu(2+) by more than 98% of the initial metal concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mM) tested.
Amoroso
Maria J.
MJ
Instituto de Microbiologia, Facultad de Bioquimica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ayacucho 491, 4000 Tucumán, Argentina.
Castro
Guillermo R.
GR
Carlino
Federico J.
FJ
Romero
Nora C.
NC
Hill
Russell T. T.
RT
Oliver
Guillermo
G