Development of a laboratory-scale leaching plant for metal extraction from fly ash by Thiobacillus strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1237-1241

  Brombacher, Christoph ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a   Brandl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLY ASH; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

BIOHYDROMETALLURGY; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS STRAINS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

BACTERIA;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHING; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; THIOBACILLUS;

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

EID: 0032055133     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1237-1241.1998     Document Type: Article

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