Acidophiles in bioreactor mineral processing

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Norris, Paul R ^a   Burton, Nicolas P ^a   Foulis, Nathalie A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mineral processing bioreactors; Thermoacidophilic archaea

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILES; ARCHAEA;

ACID; IRON; METAL; MINERAL; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ACIDS; ARCHAEA; BIOREACTORS; HEAT; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; IRON; METALS; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SULFIDES;

EID: 0034170972     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050139     Document Type: Short Survey

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