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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1002/elsc.200420048
Titel (primär) Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
Autor Kosolapow, D.B.; Kuschk, P.; Vainshtein, M.; Vatsourina, A.; Wießner, A.; Kästner, M.; Müller, R.A.
Quelle Engineering in Life Sciences
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
Department UBT; UBZ
Band/Volume 4
Heft 5
Seite von 403
Seite bis 411
Sprache englisch
Keywords Heavy Metals; Microorganisms; Wastewater
Abstract This paper reviews the main microbial processes involved when toxic metals are removed from wastewater in constructed wetlands. Microbial activity is thought to play a key role in the detoxification of these metals. The paper concentrates on the microbial processes which affect the mobility, the toxicity and bioavailability of metals, namely biosorption, metal sulfide precipitation by sulfate reducers, redox transformations, and methylation, as well as microbe-plant interactions. These reactions result in either the precipitation and accumulation of metals in wetland soils, or their volatilization and emission into the atmosphere. The possibilities of optimizing the microbially mediated reactions for the development of wetland technology are discussed as a long-term metal retention strategy.
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Kosolapow, D.B., Kuschk, P., Vainshtein, M., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2004):
Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
Eng. Life Sci. 4 (5), 403 - 411 10.1002/elsc.200420048