Morphological characterization of isolates novel strain of Trichoderma which accumulate the heavy metal (Cobalt)

Abstract

Heavy metal pollution of soil currently becomes a key environmental problem throughout the whole world. Conventional methods for the removal of heavy metals are not economically and environmental friendly because it has produced massive quantity of toxic chemical compounds. Recently, biological treatments, especially filamentous fungi have gained an increasing attention for heavy metal accumulation due to their upright performances, low cost and huge quantities. The filamentous fungi have a great potential to produce large amount of biomasses which are widely used for metal adsorption capacities ofcobalt. Production of biomass has offered great potential for adopting metal-recovery system. The main aim of this review paper is to discuss the available information of heavy metals accumulation for the utilization of filamentous fungi biomass and scrutinize the practical of exploiting them for heavy metal remediation.