Mixed sulphate-reducing bacterial cultures for bioprecipitation of toxic metals: Factorial and response-surface analysis of the effects of dilution rate, sulphate and substrate concentration

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2197-2205

  White, Christopher ^a   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Biotechnology; Process optimization; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

METAL; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; DILUTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029801805     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2197     Document Type: Article

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