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| Title |
Assessing the resistance and bioremediation ability of selected bacterial and protozoan species to heavy metals in metal-rich industrial wastewater
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-13-28 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ilunga Kamika, Maggy NB Momba |
| Abstract |
Heavy-metals exert considerable stress on the environment worldwide. This study assessed the resistance to and bioremediation of heavy-metals by selected protozoan and bacterial species in highly polluted industrial-wastewater. Specific variables (i.e. chemical oxygen demand, pH, dissolved oxygen) and the growth/die-off-rates of test organisms were measured using standard methods. Heavy-metal removals were determined in biomass and supernatant by the Inductively Couple Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer. A parallel experiment was performed with dead microbial cells to assess the biosorption ability of test isolates. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 166 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 15% |
| Researcher | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 54 | 33% |
| Environmental Science | 19 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 6% |
| Engineering | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 39 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2019.
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#3,138,847
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#240
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#30,945
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#5
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