METHOD OF DECOMPOSING ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THE PRESENCE OF HEAVY METAL

摘要

It is intended to provide a technique whereby an organic material contained in polluted water or polluted soil, which contains a heavy metal together with the organic material, is biologically decomposed. Namely, a method of decomposing an organic material in the presence of a heavy metal by using a microorganism which belongs to the genus Serattia or Cobetia and has an ability to decompose an organic material in the presence of a heavy metal.