Localization of enzymically enhanced heavy metal accumulation by Citrobacter sp. and metal accumulation in vitro by liposomes containing entrapped enzyme.

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A heavy-metal-accumulating Citrobacter sp. has been used for the treatment of metal-laden industrial wastes. Metal uptake is mediated via a cell-bound phosphatase that liberates inorganic phosphate which precipitates with heavy metals as cell-bound metal phosphate. A phosphatase-efficient mutant accumulated little UO(2)2+, while a phosphatase-overproducing mutant accumulated correspondingly more metal, with a...

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