Acid mine drainage treatment in fluidized-bed bioreactors by sulfate-reducing bacteria: A critical review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2545-2580

  Papirio, S ^a   Villa Gomez, D K ^b   Esposito, G ^a   Pirozzi, F ^c   Lens, P N L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Fluidized bed reactors; Metal precipitation; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREACTOR CONFIGURATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; METAL PRECIPITATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LOADING;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; CUPROUS ION; FATTY ACID; FERROUS ION; FORMIC ACID; FRESH WATER; FRUCTOSE; FUSIDATE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; LEAD; LIMESTONE; METAL; METHANOL; MOLASSES; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; SULFATE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; METAL; MINING; REMEDIATION; SULFATE; WASTEWATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTAMINATION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE FILTER; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84887276539     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.694328     Document Type: Review

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