Mitigation of Ca, Fe, and Mg loads in surface waters around mining areas using indigenous microorganism strains

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 13-16, 2009, Pages 825-829

  Fosso Kankeu, E ^a   Mulaba Bafubiandi, A F ^a   Mamba, B B ^b   Barnard, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bioaccumulation; Biosorption; Brevundimonas sp.; Indigenous strains; Shewanella sp.

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BREVUNDIMONAS SP.; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DISUSED MINES; INDIGENOUS STRAIN; INDIGENOUS STRAINS; LABORATORY SCALE; METAL REMOVAL; METAL SPECIES; METALLIC SPECIES; MINING AREAS; RECOMMENDED VALUES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SHEWANELLA SP.; SMALL-SCALE MINING; SUBTILIS; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAGNESIUM; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; MINES; MINING; REMOVAL; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC METALS;

SOLUTION MINING;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SORPTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BREVUNDIMONAS; SHEWANELLA SP.;

EID: 69549137939     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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