Removal of heavy metals using the fungus Aspergillus niger

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-104

  Kapoor, Anoop ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^a   Cullimore, D Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biosorption; Cadmium; Copper; Isotherms; Lead; Nickel

Indexed keywords

BIOSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COPPER; FUNGI; ISOTHERMS; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOMASS; DETOXIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0032937069     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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