Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Metal-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Tagetes minuta Rhizosphere, Growing in Soil Adjoining Automobile Workshops
Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Metal-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Tagetes minuta Rhizosphere, Growing in Soil Adjoining Automobile Workshops
Kulsoom Akhter1, Tahseen Ghous1,2,Saiqa Andleeb3,*, Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim4, Samina Ejaz5, Zain-ul-Abdin1, Bilal Ahmed Khan1 and Muhammed Naeem Ahmed1
Fig 1
Effect of H on percent metal removal efficiency by B. cereus strains KA18 (A), KA24 (B) and KA25 (C) (metal conc. 100 mg/l, incubation time 24 h).
Fig 2
Effect of incubation time on percent metal removal efficiency by B. cereus strains KA18 (A), KA24 (B) and KA25 (C) (metal conc. 100 mg/l).
Fig 3
Effect of metal concentration on percent metal removal efficiency by B. cereus strains KA18 (A), KA24 (B) and KA25 (C) (incubation time 24 h).
Fig 4
Bioaccumulation capacities shown by B. cereus strains KA18 (A), KA24 (B) and KA25 (C) (incubation time 24 h).
October 2017
Vol. 49, Iss. 5, Pages 1547-1936
