Biosorption and metal removal through living cells

Microbial Biosorption of Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 197-233

  Kotrba, Pavel ^a   Mackova, Martina ^a   Fišer, Jan ^a   Macek, Tomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Artificial wetland; Bioprecipitation; Biotransformation; Heavy metal; Metal accumulating plants; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872279447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0443-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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