New microbiological strategies that enable the selective recovery and recycling of metals from acid mine drainage and mine process waters

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2683-2692

  Nancucheo I ^a,b   Hedrich, S ^a   Johnson, D B ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Bioreactors; Iron oxidation; Remediation; Schwertmannite; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; IRON OXIDATION; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINE FLOODING; MINERAL RESOURCES; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; ARSENATE MINERALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DRAINAGE; WATER TREATMENT;

SYNTHETIC METALS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID WATER; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; IRON; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875723484     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.7.04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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