Influence de bacteries aerobies ou anaerobies sur la fixation du cadmium et du vanadium par un sediment artificiel en eau de mer

Abstract
Little has been done on the influence of bacteria on the uptake of heavy‐metals in water‐sediment systems. The authors have studied the interactions between minerals, ionic matrix, organic matter and aerobic or anaerobic marine bacteria on the uptake of cadmium and vanadium by an artificial sediment. Some physiological properties of bacterial strains were more specially examined: resistance to metallic ions and respiratory metabolism for aerobic heterotrophs, sulfate reduction for anaerobes.