The potential of mining slag as a substrate for microbial growth and the microbiological analysis of slag and slag seepage

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-386

  Male, D W ^a   Leduc, L G ^a   Ferroni, G D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Seepage; Slag; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NICKEL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAG; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; NICKEL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; THIOBACILLUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

BACTERIA; GROWTH; MINING SLAG;

EID: 0031436884     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000248429732     Document Type: Article

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