Bioremediation of industrial effluents containing heavy metals using brewing cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a green technology: A review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1066-1083

  Soares, Eduardo V ^a,b   Soares, Helena M V M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Electroplating wastewater bioremediation; Heavy metal biosorption; Incineration; Metal selective recovery; Yeast flocculation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCINERATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84860520799     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0671-5     Document Type: Review

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