Does aporusticyanin mediate the adhesion of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans to pyrite?

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 357-372

  Blake II, Robert C ^a   Sasaki, Kazuhiro ^b   Ohmura, Naoya ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT;

APORUSTICYANIN;

PYRITES;

EID: 0035254886     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00184-5     Document Type: Article

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