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Gold and silver accumulation by Aspergillus niger from cyanide-containing solution obtained from the gold mining industry

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An Aspergillus niger strain accumulated gold and silver from solution containing high cyanide concentrations. Our results show that A. niger is of potential use for the removal of metals and/or the recovery of valuable metals from cyanide-containing solutions.

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  • Osseo-Asare, K., Xue T., & Ciminelli, V.S.T. 1984 Solution chemistry of cyanide leaching systems. In Precious metals: Mining, extraction, and processing, ed Kudryk, V., Corrigan, D.A. & Liang, W.W. pp. 173–197. Los Angeles: The Metallurgical Society of AIME.

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  1. Instituto de Microbiologia, CCS, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-, Brazil

    N.C.M. Gomes

  2. Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Cie^ncias Biolo´gicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Cx.P. 486, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; fax

    E.R.S. Camargos

  3. Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Cie^ncias Biolo´gicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Cx.P. 486, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; fax

    J.C.T. Dias & V.R. Linardi

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Gomes, N., Camargos, E., Dias, J. et al. Gold and silver accumulation by Aspergillus niger from cyanide-containing solution obtained from the gold mining industry. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 14, 149 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008805423811

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