Bioremediation of acid mine water utilising red mud and Desulfotomaculum nigrificans

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Chockalingam, E ^a   Subramanian, S ^a   Braun, J J ^a,b,c,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Acid mine water; Bioremediation; Desulfotomaculum nigrificans; Red mud; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE WATERS; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; AFTER-TREATMENT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOREDUCTIONS; CARBON AND NITROGEN SOURCES; DESULFOTOMACULUM NIGRIFICANS; FIRST ORDER; FREUNDLICH; GROWTH MEDIUM; INITIAL PH VALUE; LANGMUIRS; METAL ION REMOVAL; PRE-TREATMENT; RATE EQUATIONS; RED MUD; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SULPHATES;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; METAL IONS; MINE FLOODING; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 77956218882     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195510X12772935654620     Document Type: Article

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