Column Bioleaching of Arsenic and Heavy Metals from Gold Mine Tailings by Aspergillus fumigatus

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 607-614

  Seh Bardan, Bahi Jalili ^a   Othman, Radziah ^a   Ab Wahid, Samsuri ^a   Husin, Aminudin ^a   Sadegh Zadeh, Fardin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distribution method; Fungus; Organic acids; Remediation; Soil; Surface applied method

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FUNGUS; GOLD MINE; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; OXALIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TAILINGS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84862147707     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000604     Document Type: Article

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