Leaching and microbial treatment of a soil contaminated by sulphide ore ashes and aromatic hydrocarbons - Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 74(5), p.1135-1144, 2007 .

Contaminated soil from a historical industrial site and containing sulfide ore ashes and aromatic hydrocarbons underwent sequential leaching by 0.5 M citrate and microbial treatments. Heavy metals leaching was with the following efficiency scale: Cu (58.7


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