Enhanced heavy metal bioleaching efficiencies from anaerobically digested sewage sludge with coinoculation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ANYL-1 and Blastoschizomyces capitatus Y5

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Wong, J W C ^a   Gu, X Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Heavy metal; Organic acid; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; YEAST;

BIOLEACHING; CO-INOCULATION; PROPIONIC ACID; SOLUBILIZATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; PROPIONIC ACID; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES CAPITATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES CAPITATUS; DIPODASCUS; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 10244276959     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0541     Document Type: Article

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