INTRODUCTION. Biosorption and Biosorbents. Removal and Recovery of Heavy Metals by Biosorption. Biosorption of Radioactive Species. Industrial Solutions Amenable to Biosorption. Metals in Aqueous Solutions. BIOSORBENT BEHAVIOR. The Cell Wall and Metal Binding. Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Bacterial Biomass. Biosorption by Fungal Biomass. Biosorption by Algal Biomass. Metal-Sequestering Biochemicals. Metal Uptake by Synthetic and Biosynthetic Chemicals. Culture Conditions and Biomass Metal-Binding Properties. PREPARATION of BIOSORBENT MATERIALS. Production and Application of a Bacillus-Based Product for Use in Metals Biosorption. Nonviable, Immobilization of, Biosorbent, Algal, Biomass for the Recovery of Metal Ions. Immobilization of Metal-Binding Compounds. PROCESS EQUIPMENT and FEASIBILITY. Propagation of Biosorbents by Fermentation Processes. Propagation of Freshwater, Algal Biosorbents. Feasibility of Biosorbents Application. Index. c. 408 pp., 94 illustrations, 7x10, 1990, ISBN 0-8493-4917-6.
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