Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Precious Metals

Download or read book Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Precious Metals written by Frank Reith and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.