Use of Extremophiles Microorganisms for Metal Removal

Nowadays environmental sustainability is one of the main goals of all manufacturing processes. Earth health and new environmental laws are the driver of some novel processes and manufacturing technologies. In this way, industrial sectors are taking into account these ideas and making efforts to achieve a green and innovative image.New manufacturing technologies have emerged, being day by day more efficient and eco-friendly; trying to reach the Green Manufacturing idea. Biomachining is one example.The main objective of this paper is to analyse material removal procedure by using microorganisms in high purity materials like Oxygen-Free Copper. These kind of materials is highly used in a variety of industrial applications, such as LHC (Large Hadron Collider).