Biological processing of scrap metal, household waste and/or industrial waste for the isolation of heavy metals

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PATENT NO 10829833
APP PUB NO 20180073100A1
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15562748

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The invention provides a process of isolating or enriching a heavy metal present in a liquid medium. The process comprising the following steps: (a) incubating a suspension containing (i) particulate scrap metal, household waste and/or industrial waste containing a heavy metal in elemental form and (ii) biomass comprising a bacterium, or a combination of two or more bacteria, capable of binding the heavy metal; (b) separating the biomass having bound heavy metal from the suspension of step (a); and (c) isolating the heavy metal from the biomass separated in step (b).

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B R A I N BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND INFORMATION NETWORK AGDARMSTADTER STRASSE 34 ZWINGENBERG 64673

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Christiansen, Andrea Rostock, DE 14 62
Gabor, Esther Zwingenberg, DE 10 4
Gos, Stephen Miltenberg, DE 6 25
Hoffmann, Benedikt Aschaffenburg, DE 9 1
Langer, Martin Karlsruhe, DE 17 83
Lu, Xin Essen, DE 273 2086
Meurer, Guido Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE 21 36
Tiffert, Yvonne Mannheim, DE 6 3

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