An evaluation into the potential of biological processing for the removal of metals from sewage sludges

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-288

  Lombardi, Ana T ^a   Garcia Jr , Oswaldo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Metals; Sewage sludge; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

METAL;

LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

POSIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0033452029     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419991299239     Document Type: Review

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