Process for reducing metal concentration in aqueous systems

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Micro-organism – tissue cell culture or enzyme using process... – Preparing element or inorganic compound except carbon dioxide

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435170, 43525231, 4352525, 435264, 435839, C12P 300, C12P 104, D06M 1600, C12R 1125

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ABSTRACT:
The concentration of at least one metal species in an aqueous system is at least reduced in an aqueous system that contains at least one kind of chelating agent, by adding to such system a species or plurality of species of bacteria that have a low toxicity for the metal species, and establishing and maintaining a biomass in the system for a sufficent time period to reduce the metal concentration.

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