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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
B.r.a.i.n. Biotechnology Research and Information Network Ag, Zwingenberg, 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;
B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG, Zwingenberg, DE;
Abstract
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).