ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018
Design and Application of a Low pH Upflow Biofilm Sulfidogenic Bioreactor for Recovering Transition Metals From Synthetic Waste Water at a Brazilian Copper Mine.
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- Acidophilic sulphate-reducing bacteria: Diversity, ecophysiology, and applications.Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Review
- Comparison of two acidophilic sulfidogenic consortia for the treatment of acidic mine water.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Comparison of different small molecular weight alcohols for sustaining sulfidogenic bioreactors maintained at moderately low pH.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Assessment of the tolerance to Fe, Cu and Zn of a sulfidogenic sludge generated from hydrothermal vents sediments as a basis for its application on metals precipitation.Molecular biology reports · 2020Article
- Biological remediation of acid mine drainage: Review of past trends and current outlook.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2020Review
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Abstract
A sulfidogenic bioreactor, operated at low pH (4-5), was set up and used to remove transition metals (copper, nickel, cobalt, and zinc) from a synthetic mine water, based on the chemistry of a moderately acidic (pH 5) drainage stream at an operating copper mine in Brazil. The module was constructed as an upflow biofilm reactor, with microorganisms immobilized on porous glass beads, and was operated continuously for 462 days, during which time the 2 L bioreactor processed >2,000 L of synthetic mine water. The initial treatment involved removing copper (the most abundant metal present) off-line in a stream of H
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