Bioleaching of heazelwoodite by Thiobacillus spp

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 955-962

  Giaveno, A ^a   Donati, E ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Heazelwoodite; Nickel; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans; Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; IRON; NICKEL; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0035026024     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(01)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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