Microbial recovery of metals from solids

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 605-617

  Krebs, Walter ^a   Brombacher, Christoph ^a   Bosshard, Philipp P ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a   Brandl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biohydrometallurgy; Bioleaching; Fly ash; Heavy metal; Renewable resource; Waste incineration residue

Indexed keywords

METAL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLY ASH; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FUNGI;

EID: 0030850370     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00037-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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