Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50227#.VDIsj1fHRK0 Author(s) Arasappan Sugasini , Kalyanaraman Rajagopal , Narasimhan Banu Affiliation(s) Department of Biotechnology, Vels University, Chennai, India . ABSTRACT Chromium toxicity is one of the major environmental pollutants. As conventional methods for heavy metal removal are very expensive, bioremediation using fungi is extensively explored. Therefore in the present investigation, out of 23 fungi isolated from tannery effluent, 4 Aspergillus species namely A . terreus , A . tamarii , A . flavus and A . niger were selected for evaluating chromium tolerance and biosorption potential. Growth of the fungi was tested using various concentrat...
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