Development of a bioremediation process for mining wastewaters

Biodegradation of cyanide containing effluents by Scenedesmus obliquus

“…Phosphate concentration was found 9.8 mg/L and nitrate was 25.0 mg/L. Although the effect of phosphate concentration on the degradation of cyanide has not been examined, it has been presented earlier by Blumenroth et al [40] that with lower phosphate concentration, degradation rate of cyanide was decreased down considerably.…”