Abstract
Sulphate-reducing bacteria isolated from submerged soil samples of paddy fields effectively precipitated copper from aqueous solution with maximum effect (75%) at 25 ppm Cu2+. As the copper concentration was increased to 100 ppm, precipitation efficiency decreased significantly. The use of bacteria to precipitate heavy metal ions from aqueous effluents is discussed.
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Panchanadikar, V.V., Kar, R.N. Precipitation of copper using Desulfovibrio sp.. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 9, 280–281 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327855
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