Mercury removal from aqueous solutions by biotransformation

• Authors: Stanislaw Ledakowicz , Wolf-Dieter Deckwer
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Experimental investigations of <biotransformation> of mercury Hg(O) in <aqueous solution> by <immobilized bacteria> were carried out in two types of lab <scale bioreactors>: in fixed and fluized bed. An isolated and identified natural strain of Aeromoans hydrophila was immobilized on the surfaces of porous carriers and employed in mercury removal from liquid phase in the fixed bed reactor. For mercury biotransformation in the fluidized bed a geneticaly modified strain of Pseudomonas putida KT2442:: mer 73 entraped in PVA gel beads was used. The investigations reveal that mercury biotransformation is a fast process controlled by diffusion. The most promising way of mercury removal from waste-water is employment of fluidized bed of immobilized bacteria, because of continuous mercury volatilization and possible recovery of this metal.

Keywords

EN

BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING   BIOTRANSFORMATION   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   FIXED BED BIOREACTOR   MERCURY REMOVAL   WEASTEWATER TREATMENT  

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 1993
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 99-107
• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: S.Ledakowicz