Determinación de la capacidad de degradación de cianuro proveniente de la industria minera del cantón Cuenca con Trichoderma spp

Abstract

Latin America is the most important region in the gold exploitation, through the leaching method with cyanide, although it causes a serious environmental problem. This work determined the capacity of biodegradation of cyanide that Trichoderma has. Where was identified a strain that degraded the cyanide significantly, reaching non-toxic levels, which were verified by UV spectrophotometry.