Table 1. Fresh weight of T. asahii yeast environmental isolate grown in minimal salt media supplemented with and without heavy metals.

Yeast isolate T. asahii	Fresh weight expressed as %
	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Mean ± SD
Control (without heavy metal)	100	100	100	100
Cadmium Chloride (CdCl2)	71	96	78	82±12.9
Sodium Arsenite (NaAsO2)	91	79	92	87.3±7.2

Three biological and four technical replicates were used for further study and an equal gram weight was taken for protein extraction.