Biosorption of Aqueous Pb(II) by a Metabolically Inactive Battery Recycling Plant Consortium: the Role of Paraclostridium Bifermentans Microbial Strain

A microbial consortium which was obtained from lead contaminated soil at a battery recycling plant in South Africa has been demonstrated to remove 90 % of Pb(II) from an 80 mg/L solution over a period of 7 days. The consortium was effective at precipitating Pb(II) from solution and was shown to remo...

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Main Authors: Patrick Y. Kpai, Evans M.N. Chirwa, Hendrik G. Brink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2023-11-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:http://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/13770