Effect of heavy metals on cultural and morphological growth characteristics of halotolerant Penicillium morphotypes

Nazareth, S.W.; Marbaniang, T.

dc.contributor.author	Nazareth, S.W.
dc.contributor.author	Marbaniang, T.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-03T09:57:59Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-03T09:57:59Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Basic Microbiology. 48(5); 2008; 363-369.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jobm.200800006
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/2177
dc.description.abstract	Four different morphotypes of halotolerant Penicillium isolated from mangroves and salterns, selected on the basis of their morphological dissimilarities, namely, monoverticillate, biverticillate symmetric, biverticillate asymmetric and terverticillate, were studied for their response to the presence of heavy metals - lead, copper and cadmium salts. Lead was the most easily tolerated of the heavy metals tested, and caused the least variations in cultural and morphological characteristics, while cadmium was the most toxic, causing significant cultural and morphological variations. More striking was the observation that resistance to the heavy metals was highest by the terverticillate Penicillium, decreasing in the biverticillate isolates, the monoverticillate isolate showing the least resistance.	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley-VCH Verlag	en_US
dc.subject	Microbiology	en_US
dc.title	Effect of heavy metals on cultural and morphological growth characteristics of halotolerant Penicillium morphotypes	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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