Bioremediation of toxic metals mercury and cesium using three types of biosorbent: Bacterial exopolymer, gall nut, and oak fruit particles

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1670-1677

  Latifi, Ali Mohammad ^a   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a,b   Mirzaei, Morteza ^a   Tavalaei, Mahmood ^a   Ghafurian, Hossein ^c   Hellio, Claire ^d   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^a,b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b National Elites Foundation of Iran   (Iran)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial exopolymer; biosorbent; gall; oak

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BACTERIAL EXOPOLYMER; BIO-PRECIPITATION; BIOREFINING; BIOSORBENTS; CHEMICAL NATURE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; GALL; GLASS COLUMN; LIVING ORGANISMS; MIXED WASTES; OAK; TOXIC METALS;

BIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CESIUM; FLOCCULATION; ISOTOPES; METALS; POLLUTION; POWDER METALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CESIUM; EXOPOLYMER; FLOCCULATION; FRUIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUT; SORPTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84867544431     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.728603     Document Type: Article

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