Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Precious Metals

Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Precious Metals

Precious metals continue to have economic and sociocultural importance, as their usage evolves and diversifies over time. Today, the industrial application of precious metals is increasing with the development of scientific and technological innovations. Especially, the biological cycling of these m...

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Main Author: Frank Reith (Ed.) (auth)
Other Authors: Jeremiah Shuster (Ed.) (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
Subjects:
Environmental economics
PGEs
Gold
Biotechnology
Ecotoxicology
e-Waste
Metal resistance
Exploration
Fungi
Precious metals
Silver
Biomineralisation
Biogeochemistry
Platinum
Geomicrobiology
Bacteria
Metallurgy
Bioremediation
Element cycling
Diatoms
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Summary:Precious metals continue to have economic and sociocultural importance, as their usage evolves and diversifies over time. Today, the industrial application of precious metals is increasing with the development of scientific and technological innovations. Especially, the biological cycling of these metals is receiving more and more attention, as the microbiota may be key to a range of issues regarding exploration, ore-processing and metallurgy, and the processing of electron waste. In this volume, we focus on enhancing the fundamental understanding of the biological processes that drive noble metal cycling and examine how this knowledge may be turned into biotechnolical applications.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (182 p.)
ISBN:books978-3-03897-347-8
9783038973461
9783038973478
Access:Open Access

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