Microbial Biosorption of Metals

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kotrba, Pavel (Editor), Mackova, Martina (Editor), Macek, Tomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Microbiology.; Chemometrics.; Environmental engineering.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Applied Microbiology.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.

Heavy metals always pose serious ecological risks when released into the environment due to their elemental non-degradable nature, regardless of their chemical form. This calls for the development of efficient and low-cost effluent treatment and metal recuperation technologies for contaminated waste...