The role of algae in mine drainage bioremediation

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Journal of Phycology; (USA)

OSTI ID:6268273

Davison, J ^[1]

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1. Lambda Bioremediation Systems, Inc., Columbus, OH (USA)

The effect of mine drainage effluent on aquatic ecosystems has been abundantly documented and remediation efforts to data have always been costly and temporary at best. Bioremediation, using natural environmental microbes, to treat acid mine drainage has shown great promise as an affordable, permanent treatment. At Lambda, we used mixatrophic cultures of bacteria, algae, protozoans and fungal groups on four different jobs and it has proven effective. The role of two particular algal groups, the Euglena mutabilis and the Ochramonas sp. are particularly of phycological interest.

• OSTI ID: 6268273
• Report Number(s): CONF-9006266-; CODEN: JPYLA
• Journal Information: Journal of Phycology; (USA), Vol. 26:2; Conference: Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America, College Park, MD (USA), 24-28 Jun 1990; ISSN 0022-3646
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
BIODEGRADATION
ALGAE
BACTERIA
FUNGI
PROTOZOA
ANIMALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
INVERTEBRATES
MICROORGANISMS
PLANTS
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Lignite
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