With the rapid economy and population growth, wastewater containing sulfate originated
from industrial and human activities have gradually become a potential threat to the …

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 …

In wastewater treatment systems, sulfur (S) removal processes are generally based on
heterotrophic sulfate (SO 4 2−) reduction by sulfate reducing bacteria and S-dependent …

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 …

The application of biological sulfate reduction technologies have an excellent potential for
removing arsenic from groundwater, acid mine drainage, and sediments, among other …

The down flow structured bed bioreactor (DFSBR) was applied to treat synthetic acid mine
drainage (AMD) to reduce sulfate, increase the pH and precipitate metals in solutions (Co …

Dark fermentation of sugarcane vinasse can be used as a “cleaning” step to remove sulfate
prior to methanogenesis because sulfidogenic conditions can be successfully established in …

Dark fermentation (DF) systems usually exploit bioH 2 production aiming to improve the
energetic potential (EP) of anaerobic digestion (AD) schemes. In the case of sulfate-rich …

Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing waste streams and is often referred
to as an urban mine due to its high base and precious metal content. Printed circuit boards …

The copper mine drainage (CMD) formed during copper mining and smelting has the
characteristics of being low pH, with a high sulfate concentration and large amounts of metal …