Leaching of Chromite overburden with various native bacterial strains

Authors
Acharya, C Kar, RN Sukla, LB
Citation
C. Acharya et al., Leaching of Chromite overburden with various native bacterial strains, WORLD J MIC, 14(5), 1998, pp. 769-771
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biotecnology & Applied Microbiology
Journal title
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
09593993 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
769 - 771
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-3993(199810)14:5<769:LOCOWV>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Four heterotrophic bacterial strains were isolated from soil and water samp les from a chromite mine in Sukinda valley in Orissa. They were identified as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Staphylococcus lactis, Lactobacillus sp. and Propionibacterium acnes. Each strain was used for leaching of metals from c hromite overburden of Sukinda. Comparatively, Lactobacillus sp. showed maxi mum capability for metal solubilization. It leached a maximum of 5.98% of n ickel in 35 days of contact time.