Chromium accumulation

Campbell, K.R. 1995. Chromium accumulation in three species of central Florida centrarchids. Bull. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 54 185-190. 

P2 Chromium Accumulation in E. coli Cells. The cellular uptake of chromium is presented as milligrams of chromium per dry weight of treated E. coli cells (Table 1). (From Plaper et al., 2002)... 

Brendt WO. 1976. Renal chromium accumulation and its relationship to chromium-induced nephrotoxicity. J Toxicol Environ Health 1 449-459. 

Pereira, M.L., Abreu, A.M., Sousa, J.P., and Carvalho, G.S. (1995) Chromium accumulation and ultrastructural changes in the mouse liver by stainless steel corrosion products. /. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med., 6, 523-527. 

It has been known for some time that tolerance towards high levels of both essential and toxic metals in a local soil environment is exhibited by species and clones of plants that colonize such sites. Tolerance is generally achieved by a combination of exclusion and poor uptake and translocation. Some species can accumulate large quantities of metals in their leaves and shoots at potentially toxic levels, but without any harmful effects. These metal-tolerant species have been used in attempts to reclaim and recolonize metal-contaminated wastelands. More recently such species have attracted the attention of inorganic chemists. There is abundant evidence that the high metal levels are associated with carboxylic acids, particularly with nickel-tolerant species such as Allysum bertolonii. The main carboxylic acids implicated are citric, mahc and malonic acids (see refs. 30 and 31 and literature cited therein). Complexation of zinc by malic and oxalic acids has been reported in the zinc-tolerant Agrostis tenuis and oxalic acid complexation of chromium in the chromium-accumulator species Leptospermum scoparium ... 

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