Recientemente, se ha estudiado el aislamiento de microorganismos tolerantes a petróleo y su capacidad de degradación, a partir de sitios contaminados con el mismo, como bacterias, levaduras y los hongos filamentosos, por ...

Cr (VI) is a toxic metal, which belongs to the list of priority pollutants due to its mutagenic and carcinogenic properties, defined by the US EPA. Contamination with Cr (VI) comes from electroplating, leather tanning, ...

Recently, has been studied the isolation and resistance to heavy metals of microorganisms, and his capacity of removal of different heavy metals in wastewater, such bacteria, yeast and fungi. Therefore, in this work, we ...

We isolated a fungal strain (Mucor sp), resistant to lead, the strain can grow in the presence of petroleum as the sole carbon source. Furthermore, the fungal strain shows good activity of alcohol oxidase in the cytosolic ...