Microbial aspects of acid mine drainage and its bioremediation

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1352-1360

  NATARAJAN, K A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

acid mine drainage; acidithiobacillus; arsenic bioremediation; sulfide precipitation; sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ACIDS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; LEAD; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; NONMETALS; ORES; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATES; SULFIDE MINERALS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARSENIC BIOREMEDIATION; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 58649090057     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60008-X     Document Type: Article

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