Bacterial oxidation of refractory sulfide ores for gold recovery

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 1992, Pages 133-155

  Lindström, E Börje ^a   Gunneriusson, Eva ^a   Tuovinen, Olli H ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenopyrite oxidation; Bacterial leaching; Gold recovery; Pyrite oxidation; Sulfolobus; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000317360     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388559209069190     Document Type: Article

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