Aerobic cyanide degradation by bacterial isolates from cassava factory wastewater

<p>Ten bacterial strains that utilize cyanide (CN) as a nitrogen source were isolated from cassava factory wastewater after enrichment in a liquid media containing sodium cyanide (1 mM) and glucose (0.2% w/v). The strains could tolerate and grow in cyanide concentrations of up to 5 mM. Increas...

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Main Authors: Sujatha Kandasamy, Balachandar Dananjeyan, Kumar Krishnamurthy, Gero Benckiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000300659&lng=en&tlng=en