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In vitro uptake of cadmium by basidiomycetesPleurotus ostreatus

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The mycelium of BasidiomycetesPleurotus ostreatus was grown in liquid cultures of malt broth enriched with increasing amounts of cadmium also in the presence of copper and glutathione. Cadmium, up to 150 μg/ml gradually inhibited mycelial development but never blocked it completely. Cadmium accumulated to a higher degree (20 mg/g dry wt) when administered alone and was mostly bound (80%) to hyphal cell walls. Interactions with copper may play an important role in cadmium tolerance.

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  1. Section of Environmental Physiology and Experimental Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Padova, via Trieste 75, 35121, Padova, Italy

    Favero N. & Massimino M. L.

  2. Laboratory of Mycology, via Saline 43, 35100, Carrara San Giorgio, Padova, Italy

    Costa P.

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Favero, N., Costa, P. & Massimino, M.L. In vitro uptake of cadmium by basidiomycetesPleurotus ostreatus . Biotechnol Lett 13, 701–704 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01088172

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