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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Cyplus Gmbh, Hanau, DE;
Stephen Gos, Miltenberg, DE;
Andrea Christiansen, Rostock, DE;
Xin Lu, Essen, DE;
Guido Meurer, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Yvonne Tiffert, Mannheim, DE;
Esther Gabor, Zwingenberg, DE;
Benedikt Hoffmann, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Martin Langer, Karlsruhe, DE;
CYPLUS GMBH, Hanau, DE;
Abstract
The invention provides a process of isolating or enriching a heavy metal present in a suspension containing a particulate mineral ore containing a heavy metal, comprising the following steps: incubating a suspension containing (i) a particulate mineral ore containing a heavy metal and (ii) biomass comprising a bacterium capable of binding the heavy metal; separating the biomass having bound heavy metal from the suspension of the previous step; and isolating the heavy metal from the biomass separated in the previous step.