Recent advances in heavy metal recovery from wastewater by biogenic sulfide precipitation

M Kumar, M Nandi, K Pakshirajan - Journal of environmental management, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological sulfide precipitation by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is an emerging technique
for the recovery of heavy metals from metal contaminated wastewater. Advantages of this …

An overview of sulfidogenic biological reactors for the simultaneous treatment of sulfate and heavy metal rich wastewater

MG Kiran, K Pakshirajan, G Das - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial precipitation of heavy metals by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) through sulfate
reduction as corresponding sulfides is being seen as a promising technique for the …

Exploited application of sulfate-reducing bacteria for concomitant treatment of metallic and non-metallic wastes: a mini review

A Hussain, A Hasan, A Javid, JI Qazi - 3 Biotech, 2016 - Springer
A variety of multidimensional anthropogenic activities, especially of industrial level, are
contaminating our aquatic and terrestrial environments with a variety of metallic and non …

Continuous removal and recovery of metals from wastewater using inverse fluidized bed sulfidogenic bioreactor

M Kumar, K Pakshirajan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a serious environmental hazard in many countries with historic
or ongoing mining industries. Biological sulfide precipitation is an emerging technique for …

Treatment and remediation of metal-contaminated water and groundwater in mining areas by biological sulfidogenic processes: A review

Y Li, Q Zhao, M Liu, J Guo, J Xia, J Wang, Y Qiu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in the mining areas leads to serious environmental problems. The
biological sulfidogenic process (BSP) mediated by sulfidogenic bacteria has been …

Realizing high-rate sulfur reduction under sulfate-rich conditions in a biological sulfide production system to treat metal-laden wastewater deficient in organic matter

R Sun, L Zhang, Z Zhang, GH Chen, F Jiang - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological sulfur reduction can theoretically produce sufficient sulfide to effectively remove
and recover heavy metals in the treatment of organics-deficient sulfate-rich metal-laden …

Advances in heavy metal removal by sulfate-reducing bacteria

YN Xu, Y Chen - Water Science and Technology, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Industrial development has led to generation of large volumes of wastewater containing
heavy metals, which need to be removed before the wastewater is released into the …

Bioremediation of antimony from wastewater by sulfate-reducing bacteria: Effect of the coexisting ferrous ion

Y Xi, S Lan, X Li, Y Wu, X Yuan, C Zhang… - International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metal sulfide precipitation by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is considered to be a
promising method for antimony (Sb) removal from wastewater. Moreover, the addition of …

Elemental sulfur as electron donor and/or acceptor: Mechanisms, applications and perspectives for biological water and wastewater treatment

L Zhang, YY Qiu, Y Zhou, GH Chen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochemical oxidation and reduction are the principle of biological water and wastewater
treatment, in which electron donor and/or acceptor shall be provided. Elemental sulfur (S 0) …

Biologically produced sulphide for purification of process streams, effluent treatment and recovery of metals in the metal and mining industry

JL Huisman, G Schouten, C Schultz - Hydrometallurgy, 2006 - Elsevier
One of the best available technologies for the removal of metals from water is in the form of
metal sulphides. Metal removal by sulphide precipitation is a well-known process that is …