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Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Cu2+ removal from solution: the advantages of using a flocculent strain

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A flocculent strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae S646-1B accumulated more Cu2+ (81 nmol mg−1 dry wt) than the isogenic (except for the marker genes ade1 and trp1 and the gene FLO1) non-flocculent strain S646-8D (30 nmol mg−1 dry wt), in the first 10 min of contact of the cells with Cu2+. Additionally, this strain flocculated in solutions of 0.2 mM Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+. The potential of using flocculent strains in the bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated waste waters is discussed.

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  1. CIEA-Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, P-4200-072, Porto, Portugal

    Eduardo V. Soares & Geoffrey De Coninck

  2. KaHo St.-Lieven, Industrial Engineering, Department of Biochemistry-Microbiology, Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    Geoffrey De Coninck

  3. Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, CEQUP, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Fernanda Duarte & Helena M.V.M. Soares

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Soares, E.V., De Coninck, G., Duarte, F. et al. Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Cu2+ removal from solution: the advantages of using a flocculent strain. Biotechnology Letters 24, 663–666 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015062925570

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