Co-operative leaching and chemotaxis of thiobacilli studied with spherical sulphur/sulphide substrates

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-248

  Rojas Chapana, J A ^a   Bartels C C ^a   Pohlmann, L ^a   Tributsch, H ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cooperative leaching; Pyrite framboids; Sulphur colloids; Sulphur globules; Thiobacilli

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

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

EID: 0032033753     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(97)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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