Recovery of critical metals using biometallurgy

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-335

  Zhuang, Wei Qin ^a,b   Fitts, Jeffrey P ^c   Ajo Franklin, Caroline M ^d   Maes, Synthia ^e   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^a   Hennebel, Tom ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM ALLOYS; METALS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSICAL ADDRESSES; RECOVERY;

CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY; CURRENT SUPPLIES; LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; MOST LIKELY; PLATINUM GROUP METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RECOVERY PROCESS; WASTE STREAM;

METAL RECOVERY;

DYSPROSIUM; EUROPIUM; HEAVY METAL; LANTHANIDE; METAL; NEODYMIUM; PLATINUM GROUP METAL; TERBIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLEACHING; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HALOMONAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IONIC STRENGTH; LEPTOTHRIX; LIQUID WASTE STREAM; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MICROBE METAL INTERACTION; MINING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SHEWANELLA; SOLID RESOURCE STREAM; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLID WASTE;

ECOSYSTEM; METALS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84928234161     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.03.019     Document Type: Review

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