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SUBMITTER: Horiike T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4393457 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horiike Takumi T Yamashita Mitsuo M
Applied and environmental microbiology 20150220 9
With an aim to develop a highly efficient method for the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) by using microorganisms, we attempted to isolate dysprosium (Dy)-accumulating microorganisms that grow under acidic conditions from environmental samples containing high concentrations of heavy metals. One acidophilic strain, T9, which was isolated from an abandoned mine, decreased the concentration of Dy in medium that contained 100 mg/liter Dy to 53 mg/liter Dy after 3 days of cultivation at pH 2.5. ...[more]