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Bioremediation of Tannery and Textile Effluent by Plasmid Curing Heavy Metal Resistance Bacteria

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The heavy metal resistant bacteria were isolated from tannery to textile effluents. The isolates were identified as Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Staphylococcus sp. and the results showed that the isolated strains were able to grow a wide range of pH (5–10) at temperatures (28–45 °C). The isolates strains were tested for salt tolerance, heavy metals and antibiotics. Plasmid curing agents were used to cure the resistant plasmid if any. The growth of the isolates in the plates containing heavy metals showed that their heavy metal resistance was not plasmid mediated. On the other hand, the isolates which were resistant to several antibiotics became sensitive to some of them indicating antibiotic resistance to the plasmid.

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Bharat, S. (2013). Bioremediation of Tannery and Textile Effluent by Plasmid Curing Heavy Metal Resistance Bacteria. In: Velu, R. (eds) Microbiological Research In Agroecosystem Management. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1087-0_7

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