Reasons why 'Leptospirillum'-like species rather than Thiobacillus ferrooxidans are the dominant iron-oxidizing bacteria in many commercial processes for the biooxidation of pyrite and related ores

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-13

  Rawlings, D E ^a   Tributsch, H ^b   Hansford, G S ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

'Leptospirillum ferrooxidans'; Biomining; Microbial pyrite decomposition; Thiobacillus caldus; Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; IRON METABOLISM; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

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

EID: 0032931552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-1-5     Document Type: Review

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