Accumulation of Cadmium and Cobalt by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Norris, P. R. and Kelly, D. P.,, 99, 317-324 (1977), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-99-2-317, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1350-0872, abstract= Summary: Saccharomyces cerevisiae accumulated Co2+ and Cd2+ by two processes: the first, which was metabolism-independent, was presumably cation binding to the cell surface; this was followed by metabolism-dependent, progressive uptake of relatively large amounts of the cations. Two K+ ions were released for each Co2+ ion taken up in freshly prepared cell suspensions whereas extensive loss of cell K+ followed the uptake of Cd2+. Co2+ and Cd2+ appeared to be accumulated via a general cation uptake system, with limited specificity related to the ionic radii of the cations., language=, type=