Effect of Cadmium Levels on the Growth Curve of Candida albicans.

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dc.contributor.authorNadeem, Sayyada Ghufrana
dc.contributor.authorFatima, Aziz
dc.contributor.authorHakim, Shazia Tabassum
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-18T12:05:29Z
dc.date.available2015-09-18T12:05:29Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental pollution by toxic heavy metals is one of the most pressing problems. Metals are released in the environment in industrial effluent. Cadmium is one of the heavy metal toxic to microorganisms; however, there are yeast strains resistant to this metal. One of yeast species Candida albicans is a diploid fungus (a form of yeast) that is a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans. In the present study, effect of Cadmium on the growth curve of Candida albicans was demonstrated. Candida albicans was grown both in the presence and absence of Cadmium in YEPD media. Growth curves of the Candida albicans were plotted to study the growth pattern of the yeast isolate. It was found that Candida albicans grow well at 50 μg/ml concentration of cadmium. The organism was found to be resistant to the used heavy metal. Growing metal resistant cells is very important as it can ensure better removal through the process of biosorption. Such approaches may help in the removal of toxic metals from the environmental thus reducing environmental pollution.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNadeem Sayyada Ghufrana, Fatima Aziz, Hakim Shazia Tabassum. Effect of Cadmium Levels on the Growth Curve of Candida albicans. World Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Microbiology and Toxicology. 2015 May; 1(1): 45-48.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/163595
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://wjcpmt.com/vol1/8.pdfen_US
dc.subjectBiosorptionen_US
dc.subjectCandida albicansen_US
dc.subjectCadmiumen_US
dc.subjectDetoxificationen_US
dc.subjectHeavy metalsen_US
dc.titleEffect of Cadmium Levels on the Growth Curve of Candida albicans.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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