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Removal of Hg and Cu from raw gold-mine tailings by microalgae- and bacteria-augmented microbial fuel cells: Effects of bio-augmentation, diurnal cycling and operational faults
Joana Fernanda Iza Guaman, Jennifer Carolina Cuadrado, Lourdes García-Rodríguez…·Agustin Zuniga
This study evaluates the effectiveness of microbial fuel cells in removing mercury and copper from gold-mine tailings, finding that physicochemical processes, not algal bio-augmentation, drive contaminant removal.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.02.748966