Auto- and heterotrophic acidophilic bacteria enhance the bioremediation efficiency of sediments contaminated by heavy metals

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1321-1326

  Beolchini, Francesca ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   De Propris, Luciano ^b   Ubaldini, Stefano ^c   Cerrone, Federico ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Centrale Per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM)   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Contamination; Dredged sediments; Metals

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIOAUGMENTATION; BIOREMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; EXTRACTION YIELDS; FERRIC IRONS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; METAL EXTRACTIONS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; ZINC;

EXTRACTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DREDGING; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFUR;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60449088903     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.057     Document Type: Article

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