Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
  • 3 Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-Ku, Saitama, 337-8570, Japan
  • 4 School of Biology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 45000 Section 2, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Magallanes, Avda. Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile
  • 7 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. aqlima@upm.edu.my
Braz J Microbiol, 2024 Mar;55(1):629-637.
PMID: 38110706 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-023-01215-8

Abstract

Antarctica has often been perceived as a pristine continent until the recent few decades as pollutants have been observed accruing in the Antarctic environment. Irresponsible human activities such as accidental oil spills, waste incineration and sewage disposal are among the primary anthropogenic sources of heavy metal contaminants in Antarctica. Natural sources including animal excrement, volcanism and geological weathering also contribute to the increase of heavy metals in the ecosystem. A microbial growth model is presented for the growth of a bacterial cell consortium used in the biodegradation of phenol in media containing different metal ions, namely arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), aluminium (Al), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), lead (Pb) and cobalt (Co). Bacterial growth was inhibited by these ions in the rank order of Al 

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