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The mycelium of BasidiomycetesPleurotus ostreatus was grown in liquid cultures of malt broth enriched with increasing amounts of cadmium also in the presence of copper and glutathione. Cadmium, up to 150 μg/ml gradually inhibited mycelial development but never blocked it completely. Cadmium accumulated to a higher degree (20 mg/g dry wt) when administered alone and was mostly bound (80%) to hyphal cell walls. Interactions with copper may play an important role in cadmium tolerance.
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Favero, N., Costa, P. & Massimino, M.L. In vitro uptake of cadmium by basidiomycetesPleurotus ostreatus . Biotechnol Lett 13, 701–704 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01088172
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