PROCESS FOR OBTAINING COPPER NANOPARTICLES FROM RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA AND USE OF RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA IN BIOREMEDIATION OF WASTEWATER AND PRODUCTION OF COPPER NANOPARTICLES

摘要

The present invention refers to a process for obtaining copper nanoparticles from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. ;The present invention refers to the use of dead biomass of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa to perform bioremediation of wastewater and for industrial scale production of copper nanoparticles.;In the present invention, it is developed a synthetic strategy for the biosynthesis and removal of copper nanoparticles which is fast, low cost, environment friendly and easily scalable, using as a reduction agent the yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.