Bioleaching of copper, cobalt and zinc from black shale by Penicillium notatum

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5038-5045

  Anjum, Fozia ^a   Bhatti, Haq Nawaz ^a   Ghauri, Muhammad Afzal ^b   Bhatti, Ijaz Ahmad ^a   Asgher, Muhammad ^a   Asi, Muhammad Rafique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Metals solubilization; Organic acids; Organic wastes; Penicillium notatum

Indexed keywords

ACID; CITRIC ACID; COBALT; COPPER; MOLASSES; OXALIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM;

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 70350457769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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