Bioremediation of an industrial acid mine water by metal-tolerant sulphate-reducing bacteria

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 997-1008

  Garcia C ^a   Moreno, D A ^b   Ballester, A ^c   Blazquez M L ^c   Gonzalez F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ALFONSO X EL SABIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Bacteria; Environmental; Sulphide ores; Tailing disposal

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; MINING; PH EFFECTS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB);

BIOREMEDIATION;

EID: 0035445708     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(01)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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