Arsenic precipitation in the bioleaching of enargite by Sulfolobus BC at 70 °C

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-209

  Escobar, Blanca ^a   Huenupi, Elizabeth ^a   Godoy, Inés ^a   Wiertz, Jacques V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Enargite; Sulfolobus BC; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; ENARGITE; FERRIC ION; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 0034048644     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005610226677     Document Type: Article

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