Metal removal capability of two cyanobacterial species in autotrophic and mixotrophic mode of nutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cyanobacteria are ecologically significant prokaryotes that can be found in heavy metals contaminated environments. As their photosynthetic machinery imposes high demands for metals, homeostasis of these micronutrients has been extensively considered in cyanobacteria. Recently, most studies have been focused on different habitats using microalgae leads to a remarkable reduction of an array of organic and inorganic nutrients, but what takes place in the extracellular environment when cells are exposed to external supplementation with heavy metals remains largely unknown.

Methods

Here, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production in strains Nostoc sp. N27P72 and Nostoc sp. FB71 was isolated from different habitats and thenthe results were compared and reporte

SUBMITTER: Ghorbani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature