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Metallotolerant
Extremophile organism that tolerates high concentrations of dissolved heavy metals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metallotolerants are extremophile organisms that are able to survive in environments with a high concentration of dissolved heavy metals. They can be found in environments containing arsenic, cadmium, copper, and zinc. Known metallotolerants include Ferroplasma sp. and Cupriavidus metallidurans.
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Metallotolerants adapt to their environment by reducing energy loss by excreting less. Many metallotolerant microbes utilise strategies to perform bioremediation, which is seen as a productive way of survival.[1]
Sinorhizobium sp. M14 is a metallotolerant bacterium. [2] Plants can also survive in highly metallic conditions.[3] For example, Noccaea caerulescens is a metallotolerent plant.[4][5]
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