Effect of incubation time on copper uptake and biomass of aspergillus terreus

Abstract EN

Fifty pure isolates were obtained from Aspergillus terreus which isolated from rivers at Basrah/Iraq to study the ability of fungus growth at different concentration of copper at different incubation periods.

The capacity of the biological removal of copper was calculated by the fungus.

The results showed that the rate of accumulation of the copper element in the fungus cells increases with the incubation period of the fungus with the element and the removal capacity of Aspergillus terreus depend on the copper concentration and the time of incubation.