Mineralization of bacterial surfaces

Chemical Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 171-181

  Schultze Lam, S ^a   Fortin, D ^a   Davis, B S ^a   Beveridge, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial surfaces; Metal immobilization; Mineralization; Scavenging dilute metals

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIA; BIOMINERALIZATION; METAL IMMOBILIZATION; MINERALIZATION; SCAVENGING;

EID: 0030428302     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2541(96)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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