Heavy metal-resistant bacteria can be efficient bioremediators of metals and may provide an alternative or
additional method to conventional methods of metal removal. In this study, 10 bacterial isolates were isolated
from soil samples of a sugar industry, located at Peshawar, Pakistan. Morphological, physiological, and bio-
chemical characteristics of these isolates were observed. Sequence analysis (16S ribosomal RNA) revealed that
isolated strains were closely related to the species belonging to the genera Pseudomonas, Arthrobacter, Exi-
guobacterium, Citrobacter, and Enterobacter.