• Alice Keerthana S
• Dr. Arungandhi Kandasamy

The recent expansion of human and industrial activity, including mining, smelting, and synthetic compound creation has led to the increase in the amount of the heavy metals released into the soil, water and atmosphere. The heavy metals include Cu, Mg, Al, Ni, Cd, Zn, Li, Hg etc. Screenings of the soil and water resources are conducted regularly to prevent the overconsumption of heavy metals. Many countries have regulatory guidelines for heavy metals presence and exposure. The heavy metal polluted soil contains some microorganisms that exhibit tolerance to the metals which in turn helps in the reduction of heavy metals toxicity accumulated in the soil. Isolation, Screening and Characterization are involved to determine the level of resistance of the bacteria. Here, out of several isolates only one isolate Bacillus safensis (accession no: OL456244) has showed increased resistance to (Al2(So4)3) and MgSo4. Consequently, this microbial isolate can be potentially used in bioremediation of heavy metal polluted environment.

Heavy metals, resistance, Bacillus safensis, atomic absorption spectroscopy, (Al2(So4)3), MgSo4

"ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLIC RESISTANT BACTERIA FROM HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.a247-a256, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112029.pdf

"ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLIC RESISTANT BACTERIA FROM HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppa247-a256, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112029.pdf