Leaching heavy metals from contaminated soil by using thiobacillus ferrooxidans or thiobacillus thiooxidans

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-244

  Gómez, Consuelo ^a   Bosecker, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Contaminated soils; Heavy metals; Microbial leaching; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans; Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BORON; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; HEAVY METAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

EID: 0345633549     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904599270613     Document Type: Article

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