Immobilization of free ionic gold and L-asparagine-complexed ionic gold by Sporosarcina ureae: The importance of organo-gold complexes in gold mobility

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-132

  Southam, G ^a   Fyfe, W S ^b   Beveridge, T J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial immobilization; Gold; Organo gold complexes; Sporosarcina ureae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042603324     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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