Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Metal-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Tagetes minuta Rhizosphere, Growing in Soil Adjoining Automobile Workshops

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Author Affiliations

¹Department of Chemistry, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

²Department of Chemistry, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur-10250, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Pakistan

³Department of Zoology, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

⁴Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

⁵Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

* Corresponding author: drsaiqa@gmail.com

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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

Pakistan Journal of Zoology