Removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater by free and immobilized cells of Aspergillus niger

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 447-451

  Tsekova, K ^a   Todorova, D ^a   Ganeva, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biosorption; Heavy metals; Immobilization; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION CAPACITY; CA-ALGINATE; EQUAL SIZES; FREE AND IMMOBILIZED CELLS; FREE CELLS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; METAL REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SHAKE-FLASK EXPERIMENTS;

ALGINATE; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CELL CULTURE; EXPERIMENTS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALGINATE; BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 77954956893     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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