Selective cadmium removal from hard water using naOH-treated cells of the cyanobacterium Tolypothrix tennis

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Nagase, Hiroyasu ^a   Inthorn, Duangrat ^a   Isaji, Yutaka ^a   Oda, Aiko ^a   Hirata, Kazumasa ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium; Cyanobacteria; Hard water; Magnesium; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALIES; BIOSORBENTS; CYANOBACTERIA;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CALOTHRIX SP. PCC 7101; CYANOBACTERIA; TOLYPOTHRIX;

EID: 0030967882     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82545-7     Document Type: Article

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