Variability in cadmium tolerance of closely related isolates originating from dairy processing environments.

Unlabelled: Increased tolerance to cadmium in has been suggested to contribute to their persistence in natural and food production environments. This study investigated the phenotypic cadmium response of strains with efflux pump (variants 1-4) and related strains with . Growth of variant strains ( = 5) in 0 µM-120 µM cadmium salts (CdCl, CdSO) in Mueller-Hinton broth (MHB) was evaluated.