Abstract:
A fungus with high cadmium resistance was isolated from the soil polluted by e-waste primitive recycling activity by adding definite concentration of Cd (200 mg/L) as 3CdSO
4·8H
2O in the medium. The fungus belonged to
Cochliobolus lunatus according to ITS rDNA sequences. This strain was able to grow well on PDA plate containing 2 000 mg/L Cd
2+, and its cadmium resistance might be ascribed to the production of alkaline materials during its growth. Apart from Cd
2+, this stain could tolerate Pb
2+, Zn
2+ and Cu
2+ efficiently as well. The resistance decreased in the order of Zn
2+, Cd
2+>Pb
2+>Cu
2+>Co
2+>Ni
2+, Cr
2+>Hg
2+, Ag
+. This strain could grow in the liquid medium with three different inorganic phosphates, and the phosphate solubilization capacity was in the order of Ca
3(PO
4)
2(104 mg/L)>AlPO
4 (86 mg/L)>FePO
4·4 H
2O (17 mg/L).