A review of treatment technologies for the mitigation of the toxic environmental effects of acid mine drainage (AMD)

JO Ighalo, SB Kurniawan, KO Iwuozor… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a multi-factor pollution formed from complex chemical,
physical, and biological interactions that takes place under ambient conditions in …

A review of sulfate-reducing bacteria: Metabolism, influencing factors and application in wastewater treatment

Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Yang, Z Zhang, Y Tang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid economy and population growth, wastewater containing sulfate originated
from industrial and human activities have gradually become a potential threat to the …

Use of immobilized bacteria for environmental bioremediation: A review

T Mehrotra, S Dev, A Banerjee, A Chatterjee… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioremediation is traditionally carried out using 'free'bacterial cells; however, in recent years,
utilization of 'immobilized'bacterial cells has gained attention as a promising technique due …

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 …

The bioenergetics mechanisms and applications of sulfate-reducing bacteria in remediation of pollutants in drainage: a review

X Li, S Lan, Z Zhu, C Zhang, G Zeng, Y Liu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), a group of anaerobic prokaryotes, can use sulfur
species as a terminal electron acceptor for the oxidation of organic compounds. They not …

Heavy metal and sulfate removal from sulfate-rich synthetic mine drainages using sulfate reducing bacteria

SK Hwang, EH Jho - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The removals of heavy metals and sulfate in the synthetic acid mine drainages (AMDs) by
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), and the indigenous bacteria …

Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution using sodium alginate immobilized sulfate reducing bacteria: mechanism and process optimization

MG Kiran, K Pakshirajan, G Das - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy metal removal was evaluated using sodium alginate immobilized sulfate reducing
bacteria (SRB) under batch and continuous mode. Under batch conditions, more than 95 …

Dissimilatory iron and sulfate reduction by native microbial communities using lactate and citrate as carbon sources and electron donors

D Xia, X Yi, Y Lu, W Huang, Y Xie, H Ye, Z Dang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The bacterial (dissimilatory) iron and sulfate reduction (BIR and BSR) are intimately linked to
the biogeochemical cycling of C, Fe, and S in acid mine drainage (AMD) environments. This …

Enhanced reduction of sulfate and chromium under sulfate-reducing condition by synergism between extracellular polymeric substances and graphene oxide

J Yan, W Ye, X Liang, S Wang, J Xie, K Zhong… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial reduction of sulfate and metal were simultaneously enhanced in the presence of
graphene oxide (GO)-like nanomaterials, however, the mechanism remained unclear. In this …

Modelling a rotating biological contactor treating heavy metal contaminated wastewater using artificial neural network

M Gopi Kiran, R Das, SK Behera, K Pakshirajan… - Water …, 2021 - iwaponline.com
The performance of a continuously operated laboratory-scale rotating biological contactor
(RBC) was assessed for the removal of heavy metals viz. Cu (II), Cd (II) and Pb (II) from …