Abstract
The viability of the yeast Rhodotorula rubra, isolated from liquid samples of gold-mine effluents, was not affected by the presence of 11.52 mM cyanide. The yeast was able to utilize ammonia, generated from abiotic cyanide degradation in the presence of reducing sugars, in aerobic culture at pH 9.0. These physiological characteristics encourage studies with mixed cultures of cyanide-degrading organisms, using this yeast as an assimilator of ammonia.
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The authors are with the Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences. Federal University of Minas Gerais, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Andrade, M.C., Figueira, M.M. & Linardi, V.R. Utilization of ammonia, generated from abiotic cyanide degradation, by Rhodotorula rubra . World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 11, 343–344 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367114