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.))
Other Authors: Jeremiah Shuster ((Ed.))
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
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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.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (182 p.)
ISBN:9783038973461
9783038973478
books978-3-03897-347-8