Biological and Bioelectrochemical Recovery of Critical and Scarce Metals

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-155

  Nancharaiah, Y V ^a,b   Mohan, S Venkata ^c   Lens, P N L ^b,d  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical systems; Biomining; Bioprecipitation; Biorecovery; Critical metals; Microbial fuel cells; Platinum group metals; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; METALS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PLATINUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIO-PRECIPITATION; BIOMINING; BIORECOVERY; PLATINUM GROUP METALS;

METAL RECOVERY;

COBALT; GOLD; LANTHANIDE; METAL ION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLATINUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; TELLURIUM; URANIUM; METAL; WASTE;

ACIDOPHILE; BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY; BIOLEACHING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOLITHOTROPH; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; MICROORGANISM; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; METALS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84961085643     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.11.003     Document Type: Review

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