Sulfur chemistry in bacterial leaching of pyrite

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3424-3431

  Schippers, Axel ^a   Jozsa, Peter Georg ^a   Sand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; PYRITE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; SULFATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0029786226     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3424-3431.1996     Document Type: Article

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