A combination of bioleaching and bioprecipitation for deep removal of contaminating metals from dredged sediment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Fang, Di ^a,b   Zhang, Ruichang ^a   Zhou, Lixiang ^c   Li, Jie ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Bioremediation; Metal contamination; Sediment; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BIO-PRECIPITATION; COMBINED PROCESS; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; INITIAL PH; LEACHATES; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; RE-ACIDIFICATION; SEM-EDS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; XRD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

DREDGING;

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; SULFATE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DETECTION METHOD; DREDGING; HEAVY METAL; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLEACHING; BIOPRECIPITATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

EID: 79959710666     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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