Type

Metal

Reference

Algae

Ascophyllum nodosum

Pb, Ni
Pb, Cu, Cd, Zn

Holan  and Volesky 1994; Romera et al., 2007

Algae

Fucus vesiculosus

Holan and Volesky 1994

As

Saunders., Paul,  Hu and de Nys et al., 2012.

Spirogyra spp. and Cladophora spp.

Pb, Cu

Lee and Chang., 2011

Spirogyra spp. and Spirullina spp.

Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn

Mane., and  Bhosle., 2012

Bacteria

Bacillus cereus

Cr

Kanmani., Aravind., and Preston.,  2012.

Burkholderia species

Cd, Pb

Jiang., Sheng., Qian., and Wang.,2008.

Kocuria flava

Cu

Achal., Pan., and Zhang., 2011.

Pseudomonas veronii

Cd, Zn, Cu

Vullo., Ceretti., Daniel., Ramírez., Zalts ., 2008.

Sporosarcina ginsengisoli

As

Achal., Pan., Fu., and Zhang.,  2012.

Stenotrophomonas spp.

Au

Song., Li X., Sun., Xu., and Han., 2008.

Bacillus cereus strain XMCr-6

Cr (VI)

Dong., Wang., Gong., Wang., Wang., He., Zheng., and Li.,  2013

Pseudomonas putida

Cr (VI)

Balamurugan., Udayasooriyan., and Kamaladevi., 2014.

Enterobacter cloacae B2-DHA

Cr (VI)

Rahman., Nahar., Nawani., Jass., Hossain., Saud., Saha., Ghosh., Olsson., and Mandal.,  2015.

Bacillus subtilis

Cr (VI)

Balamurugan., Udayasooriyan., and Kamaladevi., 2014.

Fungi

Agaricus bisporus

Cd, Zn

Nagy., Mânzatu., Maicaneanu., Indolean., Lucian., Majdik., 2015.

Aspergillus fumigatus

Pb

Ramasamy., Congeevaram.,and Thamaraiselvi., 2011.

spergillus versicolor

Cr, Ni, Cu

Tastan., Ertugrul., and Donmez., 2010.

Aspergillus, Mucor, Penicillium and Rhizopus

Cd, Cu, Fe

Fulekar., Sharma., and Tendulkar., 2012.

Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus foetidus, and Penicillium simplicissimum

Ni, Co, Mo, V, Mn, Fe, W, Zn

Anahid., Yaghmaei., and Ghobadinejad.,  2011.

Ganoderma lucidum, Penicillium spp.

Ar

Loukidou., Matis., Zouboulis., and Liakopoulou-Kyriakidou., 2003.

Penicillium canescens

Cr

Say., Yimaz., and Denizli., 2003.

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Cr(VI)

Achal., Kumari., and Pan., 2011.

Rhizopus oryzae (MPRO)

Cr(VI)

Sukumar.,   2010.

Yeast

Candida tropicalis

Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn

Mattuschka., Junghaus., and Straube.,  1993.

Candida utilis

Cd

Kujan., Prell., Safár., Sobotka., Rezanka., and Holler.,  2006.

Pichia guilliermondii

Cu

Mattuschka., Junghaus., and Straube.,  1993.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn

Machado., Soares., and Soares.,  2010.

Streptomyces longwoodensis

Pb

Friss., and Myers-Keith., 1986.

Species

Heavy Metals

References

Asteraceae

Berkheya coddii

Ni

Slatter.,  2013

Asteraceae

Helianthus annuus

Pb, Cd, Zn

Wei., Zhu., Zhou., and Zhan 2011 Fulekar.,  2016.

Brassicaceae

Alyssum bertolonii

Ni

Mengoni., Cecchi., and Gonnelli., 2012.

Brassicaceae

Alyssum murale

Ni

Broadhurst., and Chaney.,  2016. 

Brassicaceae

Arabidopsis halleri

Zn, Cd

Zhang., Wen., Huang., Inoue., and Liang.,  2017. 

Brassicaceae

Arabidopsis halleri

Cd Cd

Claire-Lise., and Nathalie., 2012.

Caryophyllaceae

Minuartia verna

Zn, Cd, Pb

Bothe.,  2011

Crassulaceae

Sedum alfredii

Pb

Chibuike., and Obiora., 2014. Chen., Ai., Gong., Gao., and Qiu., 2013.

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia cheiradenia

Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn

Nematian., and Kazemeini.,  2013.

Fabaceae

Astragalus racemosus

Se

Alford., Pilon-Smits., Fakra., and Paschke., 2012. 

Fabaceae

Medicago sativa

Pb

Chibuike., and Obiora., 2014.

Poaceae

Spartina argentinensis

Cr

Nalla., Hardaway., and Sneddon., 2012. 

Pteridaceae

Pteris vittata

As

Rathinasabapathi.,  2011.
Xie.,  Yan., Liao., and Li., 2009.
Datta., Das., Tappero., Punamiya., Elzinga., Sahi., Feng., Kiiskila., and Sarkar., 2017.

Pteridaceae

Pteris vittata

Hg

Su., Han., Chen., Sridhar., and Monts., 2008

Violaceae

Viola boashanensis

Pb, Zn, Cd

Zhuang., Ye., Lan., Xie., Shu .,  2005.

Year

Total Number of Hits

Number of Unique Visits (months)

Total Number of Queries Received and responded

Uploading frequency files
(Weekly)

Number of files/reports downloaded

Remarks

2014-15

82,200

Average 387

Average 266

3 – 5 times

25-30 files / 90 MB per day approx

Upto 2nd, March 2015

2013-14

55235

Average 240

666

Two times

20- 24 files per day

NIC.in and .org two websites operate simultaneously

2012-13

7701

Average 131

759

Two times

20- 24 files per day

2011-12

6178

Average 133

775

Two times

12-19 files per day

2010-11

5646

Average 148

515

once

8-10 files per day