Pretreatment of e-waste and mutation of alkali-tolerant cyanogenic bacteria promote gold biorecovery

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-85

  Natarajan, Gayathri ^a   Ting, Yen Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Electronic waste; Gold; Mutation; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CYANIDES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PH; WASTES;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CYANOGENIC BACTERIA; ELECTRONIC SCRAP MATERIAL; ELECTRONIC WASTE; MUTATION; PRE-TREATMENT; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

ALKALI; COPPER; COPPER COMPLEX; CYANIDE; GOLD; GOLD CYANIDE; IRON; METAL ION; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIUM; GOLD; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; MUTATION; PH; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOLERANCE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOLEACHING; CERAMICS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; LEACHING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM;

BIOLEACHING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GOLD; MUTATION; PRETREATMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALIES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMOBACTERIUM; COPPER; CYANIDES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GOLD; MUTATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84888425827     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.108     Document Type: Article

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