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Influence of the cell envelope on the accumulation of cadmium by a marine pseudomonad
Author(s) -
Flatau G. N.,
Clement R. L.,
Gauthier M. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1986.tb01528.x
Subject(s) - nice , library science , art , humanities , computer science , programming language
The accumulation of cadmium by a sensitive marine pseudomonad was investigated on the basis of the physiological state of its cell envelope. The more impaired the envelope the greater the accumulation. This phenomenon was due to a greater number of adsorption sites for cadmium on the inner layers and/or to the impermeability of the cell envelope.