Understanding of the biochemical events in a chemo-bioreactor during continuous acid mine drainage treatment

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 607-614

  Das, Bidus Kanti ^a   Mandal, Santi M ^a   Bhattacharya, Jayanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Biochemical events; Fixed bed chemo bioreactor; Organic carbon drought; Spent mushroom compost; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; EFFLUENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOCHEMICAL EVENTS; FIXED BED CHEMO BIOREACTORS; ORGANIC CARBON DROUGHTS; SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BIOCONVERSION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MATRIX; MUSHROOM; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 84860356395     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1268-5     Document Type: Article

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