Cyanide pollution of aquatic environment has
become a great concern in Nigeria because of the increase in cassava
cultivation.
In Nigeria, cassava
processing milling plants are usually situated around streams or rivers such that the
waste from each stages of processing easily find their way into these water
bodies as effluents and waste waters.
Extracellular rhodanese of Klebsiella
edwardsii isolated from Atutulala stream, Modakeke, where cassava is being
processed, was assessed for its bioremediation potential. Cyanide concentration
of the stream was analysed for six months.
