Microbial oxidation of pyrite: Experiments using microorganisms from an extreme acidic environment

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1444-1453

  Edwards, Katrina J ^a   Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Hamers, Robert ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRON; LABORATORIES; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; PYRITES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; YEAST;

FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MICROBIAL DISSOLUTIONS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; SURFACE COLONIZATION; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; MICROBIAL OXIDATION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MICROBE METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PROBE; PYRITE; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PYRITE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032433026     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-11-1233     Document Type: Article

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