Authors: A Hamzah W N W M Arifin K S Khoo L J Lee S B Sarmani
Publish Date: 2009/06/17
Volume: 281, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-298
Abstract
Certain bacterial strains can be employed in the removal of heavy metals from the environment The aim of this study was to screen potential bacteria that were tolerant towards Cu and Cd and instrumental neutron activation analysis INAA was used to determine the concentrations of heavy metals in the sludge samples The sludge samples from oil refinery plant in Malaysia contained Cr Cs Cu Eu Fe Hg Mn Sb Sc Th U and Zn Seven bacterial isolates were identified to be tolerant to 100 mg/kg of copper and cadmium
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