The laboratory scale bioremediation of acid mine water drainage from a disused tin mine

Lawrence Darkwah; Neil Rowson; Christopher Hewitt

doi:10.1007/s10529-005-3201-z

The laboratory scale bioremediation of acid mine water drainage from a disused tin mine

Lawrence Darkwah, Neil Rowson, Christopher Hewitt

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Real acidic mine-water drainage was seeded with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to catalyse the removal of iron contained therein. The addition of At. ferrooxidans increased metal precipitation kinetics and decreased the water iron content by similar to 70%. Supplementing non-sterile mine water with a bacterial growth medium accelerated metal removal by indigenous micro-organisms both at the 500 ml shake-flask and 5 l bioreactor scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1251-1257
Number of pages	7
Journal	Biotechnology Letters
Volume	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-005-3201-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2005

Keywords

laboratory scale
acid mine drainage
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
microbial catalysis
bioremediation

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