Bacterial leaching of metal sulfides proceeds by two indirect mechanisms via thiosulfate or via polysulfides and sulfur

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 319-321

  Schippers, Axel ^a   Sand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; ION; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; PROTON; SULFIDE; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 0032906223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.319-321.1999     Document Type: Article

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