ESTABLISHMENT OF CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES OF Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd) M.C. Johnst TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF ZINC ON THE UPTAKE AND ACCUMULATION OF LEAD

 

A. Maldonado-Magaña, J. Orozco-Villafuerte, L. Buendía-González, M.E. Estrada-Zúñiga, A. Bernabé-Antonio and F. Cruz-Sosa

 

 

  • P. laevigata cell suspension cultures tolerated well different Pb2+ concentrations

  • Pb deposition induced changes on the surface morphology of P. laevigata cells

  • The accumulation efficiency differed between essential (Zn) and non-essential (Pb) metals.

  • Bioconcentration factors were greater for Pb than for Zn.