A new look at microbial leaching patterns on sulfide minerals

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-206

  Edwards, Katrina J ^a,b   Hu, Bo ^a   Hamers, Robert J ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

'Ferroplasma acidarmanus'; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Arsenopyrite; Dissolution; Marcasite; Microbial attachment; Pyrite; Surface reaction; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; FERRIC ION; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERROPLASMA ACIDARMANUS; PROKARYOTA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0034528494     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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