The role of sulphate reducing bacteria in copper removal from aqueous sulphate solutions

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 797-806

  Jalali, Kathy ^a   Baldwin, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Copper; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COPPER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; SULFATE;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COPPER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COPPER; METAL EXTRACTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; FLOCCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033991796     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00194-3     Document Type: Article

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