Minerals (Mar 2023)

Editorial for the Special Issue “Bio-Geochemistry of Heavy Metals/Metalloids”

  • Ifigeneia Megremi,
  • Maria Economou-Eliopoulos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/min13030347
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
p. 347

Abstract

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This Special Issue “Bio-Geochemistry of Heavy Metals/Metalloids” contains a series of papers that cover a range of topics highlighting the role of microorganisms in ore-forming biochemical processes and potential environmental risk (the first to fourth papers), in the assessment of potentially toxic element contamination using plants and living benthic Foraminifera (the fifth and sixth papers), and in the phytoremediation of contaminated land (the seventh paper) [...]

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