Microbial treatment of metal pollution - a working biotechnology?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Microbial treatment of metal pollution - a working biotechnology?

AU - Gadd, Geoffrey M.

AU - White, Christopher

N1 - Copyright © 1993 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

PY - 1993/8

Y1 - 1993/8

N2 - Some of the main processes that remove, immobilize or detoxify heavy metals and radionuclides in the natural environment result from microbial activities. These activities can be harnessed to clean up toxic metal wastes before they enter the wider environment. To date, the most successful biotechnological processes utilize biosorption and bioprecipitation, but other processes such as binding by specific macromolecules may have future potential. Technologies using these processes are currently used to control pollution from diverse sources, including smelters and mine workings.

AB - Some of the main processes that remove, immobilize or detoxify heavy metals and radionuclides in the natural environment result from microbial activities. These activities can be harnessed to clean up toxic metal wastes before they enter the wider environment. To date, the most successful biotechnological processes utilize biosorption and bioprecipitation, but other processes such as binding by specific macromolecules may have future potential. Technologies using these processes are currently used to control pollution from diverse sources, including smelters and mine workings.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027249648

U2 - 10.1016/0167-7799(93)90158-6

DO - 10.1016/0167-7799(93)90158-6

M3 - Article

C2 - 7764182

AN - SCOPUS:0027249648

SN - 0167-7799

VL - 11

SP - 353

EP - 359

JO - Trends in Biotechnology

JF - Trends in Biotechnology

IS - 8

ER -