Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Heavy metal"

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    • First report of metallic elements in loggerhead and leatherback turtle eggs from the Indian Ocean 

      Du Preez, M.; Bouwman, H.; Nel, R. (Elsevier, 2018)
      Bio-monitoring of pollutants in long-lived animals such as sea turtles is an important tool in ecotoxicology. We present the first report on metallic elements in sea turtle eggs from the Indian Ocean. Eggs of the leatherback ...

    • Heavy metal tolerance potential of Aspergillus strains isolated from mining sites 

      Oladipo, Oluwatosin Gbemisola; Ezeokoli, Obinna Tobechukwu; Maboeta, Mark Steve; Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos; Awotoye, Olusegun Olufemi; Olayinka, Akin (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      Increased heavy metal pollution generated through anthropogenic activities into the environment has necessitated the need for eco-friendly remediation strategies such as mycoremediation. With a view to prospecting for fungi ...

    • Heavy metal tolerance traits of filamentous fungi isolated from gold and gemstone mining sites 

      Oladipo, Oluwatosin Gbemisola; Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos; Maboeta, Mark Steve; Awotoye, Olusegun Olufemi; Olayinka, Akinyemi (Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, 2018)
      tIncreased environmental pollution has necessitated the need for eco-friendly clean-upstrategies. Filamentous fungal species from gold and gemstone mine site soils were iso-lated, identified and assessed for their tolerance ...