Abstract
The technique of selective broaccumulation of heavy metals by microbral systems offers a possrble approach for the remediation of contaminated water bodies. Although heavy metal bioaccumulation is a well known and understood process and has been used on a small scale wrth some success, problems with containment and reactor design have rendered large-scale engineering of broaccumulation systems impractical.
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Duncan, J.R., Brady, D., Wilhelmi, B. (1997). Immobilization of Yeast and Algal Cells for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals. In: Bioremediation Protocols. Methods in Biotechnology™, vol 2. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-437-2:91
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