Removal and recovery of metals from a coal pile runoff.
The removal and recovery of heavy metals from a coal pile runoff water using a mixture of multiple metal-tolerant bacterial strains of ATCC 55673, and ATCC 55674 and a Pseudomonas sp. was investigated. The analysis of elemental composition of metal precipitates recovered from the bacterial biomass by transmission electron microscopy andenergy dispersive X-ray analysis revealed the presence of metals originally present in the wastewater. In addition, analysis of metals in culture supernatant and bacterial biomass by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy (ICP-ES) indicated a removal range of 82-100% and a recovery of 15-58% of metals from the wastewater and bacterial biomass, respectively.
Environmental Science Program, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. vibeanus@spelman.edu
Victor M
VM
Ibeanusi
Donna
D
Phinney
Michelle
M
Thompson
D001419:Bacteria; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018533:Biomass; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D003031:Coal; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000502:physiology; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003031:Coal; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014873:Water Pollutants