Bioremediation of heavy metals in food industry: Application of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Heavy metals are natural elements in the Earth’s crust that can enter human food through industrial or agricultural processing, in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. These elements are not biodegradable. Some heavy metals are known as pollutants and are toxic, and their bioaccumulation in plant...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | Electronic Journal of Biotechnology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345818300460 |