Assessment of Resistance and Bioremediation Ability of Lactobacillus Strains to Lead and Cadmium

Table 2

Removal of Cd from MRS broth by Lactobacillus strains.

Species and strains	% Cd removed
L. plantarum
8PA3	8
B-578	16
S1	8
Ga	8
L. fermentum
Na	4
3-2	8
3-3	12
L. brevis 20054	0
L. buchneri 20057	0
L. rhamnosus I2L	0

The bacteria were incubated 24 h in MRS broth supplemented with 5 mg/L Cd.