Comparison of bioleaching of heavy metals from sewage sludge using iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 603-607

  Chan, L C ^a   Gu, X Y ^a   Wong, J W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Iron sulfate; Metal solubilization; Sulphur; Thiobacilli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEAVY METALS; IRON; LEACHING; OXIDATION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLEACHING;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERROUS SULFATE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; SULFUR; ZINC;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATOR; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038667873     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00050-3     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Blais J.F. Tyagi R.D. Auclair J.C. Cooperation between two Thiobacillus strains for trace metals removal from municipal sludge Can J. Microbiol. 38 3 1992 181-187
2. Blais J.F. Tyagi R.D. Auclair J.C. Huag P.C. Comparison of acid and microbial leaching for metal removal from municipal sludge Water Sci. Technol. 26 1-2 1992 197-2063
3. Breed A.W. Hansford G.S. Modelling continuous bioleach reactors Biotechnol. Bioeng. 64 6 1999 671-677
4. Chartier M. Couillard D. Biological processes: the effect of initial pH, percentage inoculum and nutrient enrichment on the solubilization of sediment bound metals Water Air Soil Pollut. 96 1997 249-267
5. Couillard D. Mercier G. An economic evaluation of biological removal of heavy metals from wastewater sludge Water Environ. Res. 66 1991 32-39
6. Couillard D. Mercier G. Removal of metals and fate of N and P in the bacterial leaching of aerobically digested sewage sludge Water Res. 27 1993 1227-1235
7. Couillard D. Chartier M. Mercier G. Major factors influencing bacterial leaching of heavy metals (Cu and Zn) from anaerobic sludge Environ. Pollut. 85 1994 175-184
8. Jain D.K. Tyagi R.D. Leaching of heavy metals from anaerobic sewage sludge by sulphur-oxidizing bacteria Enzyme Microbiol. Technol. 14 1992 376-383
9. Sreekishnan T.R. Tyagi R.D. Prased M.N.V. Hageneyer J. (Eds.), Metal Removal from Sewage Sludge Bioengineering and Biotechnological Application 1999 338-350 Springer
10. Tyagi R.D. Couillard D. Bacterial leaching of metal from sewage sludge Process Biochem 22 1987 114-117
11. Tyagi R.D. Couillard D. Grenier Y. Effects of medium composition on the bacterial leaching of metals from digested sludge Environ. Pollut. 71 1991 57-67
12. Tyagi R.D. Meunier N. Blais J.F. Simultaneous sewage sludge digestion and metal leaching, effect of temperature Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46 1996 422-431
13. Wong L. Henry J.G. Decontaminating biological sludge for agricultural use Water Sci. Technol. 17 4/5 1984 575-586
14. Wong J.W.C. Xiang L. Chan L.C. Removal of heavy metals from anaerobically digested sewage sludge by isolated indigenous iron-oxidizing bacteria Chemosphere 41 2000 283-287