Aim: This study is aimed at designing a bioremediation model using microbes against Cu pollution. Methods And Results: For this purpose, copper resistant bacteria were isolated from industrial areas and were characterized for its copper accumulating properties using various methods including copper accumulation, optimization, Antibiotic resistance, production of thiols, plasmid curing, SEM. The...

Nanotechnology is a promising science with new aspects to fight and prevent various diseases using nanomaterials. The capability expose the structure functions of biosystems at nanoscale level supports research leading development in biology, biotechnology, medicine, healthcare. This predominantly advantageous treating microbial infections as an alternative antibiotics. However, widespread prod...

Forty percent of hazardous waste sites in the United States are co-contaminated with organic and metal pollutants. Data from both aerobic and anaerobic systems demonstrate that biodegradation of the organic component can be reduced by metal toxicity. Metal bioavailability, determined primarily by medium composition/soil type and pH, governs the extent to which metals affect biodegradation. Fail...

Background & Aims: Today, toxic effluents have created ecological and health problems in and around the industrial cities resulting in death of nearby living organisms. The aim of this research was to increase the elimination of copper and zinc from copper factory effluents in Kerman/Iran through mutation inducing in metal-resistant bacteria by using Acriflavine, Acridine orange and Ethidium br...

Both ionic and nanoparticle iron have been proposed as materials to control multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. However, the potential bacteria evolve resistance remains unexplored. To this end, experimental evolution was utilized produce five magnetite nanoparticle-resistant (FeNP1–5) populations of Escherichia coli. The were not exposed nanoparticles. 24-h growth these replicates evaluated in...

In the wake of the findings that Antarctic krills concentrate heavy metals at ppm level, (Yamamoto et al. 1987), the Antarctic waters from the Indian side were examined for the incidence of metal and antibiotic-resistant bacteria during the austral summer (13th Indian Antarctic expedition) along the cruise track extending from 50 degrees S and 18 degrees E to 65 degrees S and 30 degrees E. The ...

BACKGROUND Pollution due to the heavy metals is a problem that may have negative consequences on the hydrosphere. One of the best procedures in removing the toxic metals from the environment is using metal resistant bacteria. RESULTS In the present study eight nickel resistant bacteria were isolated from industrial wastewaters. Three of them were selected as the most resistant based on their ...