Removal of Chromium, Copper, and Nickel from an Electroplating Effluent Using a Flocculent Brewer’s Yeast Strain ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Removal of heavy metals using a brewer's

Removal of heavy metals using a brewer's yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: application to the treatment of real electroplating effluents containing multielements

✍ Manuela D. Machado; Eduardo V. Soares; Helena M. V. M. Soares 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 227 KB

## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Yeast cells have been recognized as an effective type of biomass for the treatment of wastewaters containing heavy metals. However, its capability to treat efficiently complex effluents loaded with several metals ions (Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn) has never been reported. The aim