Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biological elimination of minerals from high ash coal by Aspergillus-like fungi Subject The topic of the resource Aspergillus niger; Biodegradation; CHNS &amp; proximate analysis; Coal characterization; FTIR; SEM Description An account of the resource Efficiency of filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus niger on the bio-liquefaction of low rank Indian coals, its chemical composition, surface characteristics of the products and the microbial mechanisms of coal conversion were studied. Virgin and bio-liquefied/solubilized coal samples were characterized using FT-IR, Scanning electron microscopy and CHNS and proximate analysis. The micrographs were bright field and reveal several features correspond to the mineral grains comprising of aluminium, silicates and calcites. The absence of some morphological features corresponds to inorganic elements in residual samples which confirm demineralisation with the possible formation of respective Aluminum and Silicate complexes. The change in absorption of mineral matter functional group of these coal samples were studied using Fourier transform infra red spectroscopy (FT-IR). From the proximate analysis it was found that the ash content decreased by 76% when treated with fungal culture. Global Science Publications. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Manoj B.; Elcey C.D.; Binu K.S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, Vol-13, No. 3, pp. 453-457. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80054762436&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6529bc9c726e41570902cfccaf697e81" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80054762436&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6529bc9c726e41570902cfccaf697e81</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9723005; CODEN: AJMBA Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Manoj B., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 29 Karnataka, Hosur Road, India; Elcey C.D., Department of Life Sciences, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore - 77, India; Binu K.S., Department of Life Sciences, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore - 77, India