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Microbial Tolerance Strategies Against Cadmium Toxicity

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Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal found in the environment because it is released from natural and anthropogenic sources. Cd is a persistent, nonbiodegradable pollutant with great toxicity for plants, animals, and microorganisms. Although Cd toxicity, some microorganisms can inhabit different environments contaminated with toxic levels of Cd2+ because they have developed Cd tolerance and detoxification mechanisms. These mechanisms include the production of extracellular chelating compounds, the adsorption of Cd2+ in the cellular surface, the transport of Cd2+ from the cytoplasm using efflux pumps, and Cd intracellular complexation with glutathione, metallothionein, and phytochelatins. This chapter shows the state-of-the-art of Cd-tolerant microorganisms and describes the main mechanisms employed in Cd tolerance by bacteria and fungi.

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This work was funded by grants from CONACYT, Programa Presupuestario F003 (Formerly Fondo Sectorial de Investigación para la Educación) CB2017-2018, A1-S-40454, to Alejandro Hernández-Morales.

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Rolón-Cárdenas, G.A., Hernández-Morales, A. (2024). Microbial Tolerance Strategies Against Cadmium Toxicity. In: Jha, A.K., Kumar, N. (eds) Cadmium Toxicity Mitigation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47390-6_6

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