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Bioprocess development for biosorption of toxic heavy metals from industrial effluents
1997
Mohd Razman Salim | Zaharah Ibrahim | Abu Bakar baba (Universiti Technologi Malaysia, Skudai Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia). Dept. of Environmental Engineering)
Pollution of the environment by toxic metals arises as a result of human activities such as industrial, agricultural, mine-drainage and sewage disposal. Once in the environment, the metal undergo several forms of transformations. The removal of toxic metal is of great significance from the environmental and industrial point of view. The increased in sound environment and stringent legal requirements has led to the need for cost effective treatment technology for metal pollution control. Biological treatment processes using microbial biomass are known capable of treating industrial waste successfully. The initial aim of the project was to screen a number of metal-tolerant organisms and develop microbial strain capable of detoxification, biosorption and recovery of heavy metals. Due to limited knowledge based studies on several industrial wastes are necessary to determine the potential strains as well as the viable technique to be used in recovery/removal of heavy metals
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