A review on progress of heavy metal removal using adsorbents of microbial and plant origin

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 15386-15415

  Srivastava, Shalini ^a   Agrawal, S B ^a   Mondal, M K ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Agrowaste; Heavy metal; Microbes; Plant

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGEN; COST ANALYSIS; ENDOPHYTE; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; FUNGI; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945461010     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5278-9     Document Type: Article

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