Modeling continuous bioleach reactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 671-677

  Breed, A W ^a   Hansford, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Continuous culture; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Modeling; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDOX REACTIONS;

BIOLEACHING; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL;

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

EID: 0033588806     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990920)64:6<671::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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