Extension of logarithmic growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans by potential controlled electrochemical reduction of Fe(III)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 716-721

  Matsumoto, Norio ^a   Nakasono, Satoshi ^a   Ohmura, Naoya ^a   Saiki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrochemical cultivation; Logarithmic growth; Potential control; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; IRON; PH; REDUCTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; POTENTIOSTATIC ELECTROLYSIS;

BACTERIA;

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; GENERATOR; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0033588790     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990920)64:6<716::AID-BIT11>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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