ENZYMATIC RECOVERY OF ELEMENTAL PALLADIUM BY USING SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA

Authors
LLOYD JR YONG P MACASKIE LE
Citation
Jr. Lloyd et al., ENZYMATIC RECOVERY OF ELEMENTAL PALLADIUM BY USING SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA, Applied and environmental microbiology (Print), 64(11), 1998, pp. 4607-4609
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
64
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4607 - 4609
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1998)64:11<4607:EROEPB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Worldwide usage of platinum group metals is increasing, prompting new recovery technologies. Resting cells of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans re duced soluble Pd2+ to elemental, cell-bound Pd-0 supported by pyruvate , formate, or H-2 as the electron donor without biochemical cofactors. Pd reduction was O-2 insensitive, opening the way for recycling and r ecovery of Pd under oxic conditions.