abstract

• A resistant and capable fungal strain in removing hexavalent chromium was isolated from an environment near of Chemical Science Faculty, located in the city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The strain was identified as Paecilomyces sp., by macro- and microscopic characteristics. Strain resistance of the strain to high Cr (VI) concentrations and its ability to reduce chromium were studied. When it was incubated in minimal medium with glucose, another inexpensive commercial carbon source like unrefined and brown sugar or glycerol, in the presence of 50mg/L of Cr (VI), the strain caused complete disappearance of Cr (VI), with the concomitant production of Cr (III) in the growth medium after 7 days of incubation, at 28 C , pH 4.0, 100rpm, and an inoculum of 38mg of dry weight. Decrease of Cr (VI) levels from industrial wastes was also induced by Paecilomyces biomass. These results indicate that reducing capacity of chromate resistant filamentous fungus Cr (VI) could be useful for the removal of Cr (VI) pollution. Copyright © 2010 J. F. Cárdenas-González and I. Acosta-Rodríguez.

authors

• Acosta Rodríguez José Ismael
• Cárdenas González Juan Fernando

publication date

• 2010-01-01

published in

• Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1155/2010/676243

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volume

• 2010