| Title | Bioremediation of metal contamination. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Lovley DR, Coates JD |
| Journal | Curr Opin Biotechnol |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 285-9 |
| Date Published | 1997 Jun |
| ISSN | 0958-1669 |
| Keywords | Adsorption, Bacteria, Biomass, Biotechnology, Environmental Pollutants, Metals, Oxidation-Reduction |
| Abstract | Recent studies have demonstrated that microbes might be used to remediate metal contamination by removing metals from contaminated water or waste streams, sequestering metals in soils and sediments or solubilizing metals to aid in their extraction. This is primarily accomplished either by biosorption of metals or enzymatically catalyzed changes in the metal redox state. Bioremediation of metals is still primarily a research problem with little large-scale application of this technology. |
| Alternate Journal | Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. |
| PubMed ID | 9206008 |
Department of Microbiology