SUBCELLULAR-DISTRIBUTION OF ACCUMULATED HEAVY-METALS IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE AND KLUYVEROMYCES-MARXIANUS

YAZGAN A., OZCENGIZ G.

BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS, vol.16, no.8, pp.871-874, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf00133970
  • Journal Name: BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.871-874
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Kluyveromyces spp. have been found to be more efficient than a CUP1(R) strain of S. cerevisiae in heavy metal resistance and accumulation. The present study describes the subcellular distribution of the accumulated metals (Ae, Cd, Cu) in S. cerevisiae and K. marxianus. Absorption by insoluble cellular material of the metals appears as the main mechanism of metal accumulation in both organisms.