Overview
- Emphasis on current knowledge on microbial biosorption of metals and related elements
- Covers the biosorption mechanism and kinetics, biosorbent engineering and biosorption process modeling, including a description of suitable methods and tools
- Compares properties of various biomass types and methods for biosorbent formulation and improvements
- Integrates information resource for an assessment of industrial applicability
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 water, not only because regulatory limits need to be met but also because the waste itself can be a resource for certain precious metals.
Biosorption is a general property of living and dead biomass to rapidly bind and abiotically concentrate inorganic or organic compounds from even very diluted aqueous solutions. As a specific term, biosorption is a method that utilizes materials of biological origin – biosorbents formulated from non-living biomass - for the removal of target substances from aqueous solutions. Recent research on biosorption provides a solid understanding of the mechanism underlying microbial biosorption of heavy metals and related elements.
This book gathers review articles analyzing current views on the mechanism and (bio)chemistry of biosorption, the performance of bacterial, fungal and algal biomass, and the practical aspects of biosorbent preparation and engineering. It also reviews the physico-chemical evaluations of biosorbents and modelling of the process as well as the importance of biosorption during heavy metal removal using living cells. It is a reference work for scientists, environmental safety engineers and R&D specialists who wish to further promote biosorption research and use the accumulated knowledge todevelop and build industrial applications of biosorption in heavy metal separation technologies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Biosorption of Metals
Editors: Pavel Kotrba, Martina Mackova, Tomas Macek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0443-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0442-8Published: 16 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9017-9Published: 25 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0443-5Published: 13 January 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 329
Topics: Microbiology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Math. Applications in Chemistry