Characterization and identification of an iron-oxidizing, Leptospirillum-like bacterium, present in the high sulfate leaching solution of a commercial bioleaching plant

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Romero, Jaime ^a   Yañez, Carolina ^a   Vásquez, Mónica ^a   Moore, Edward R B ^b   Espejo, Romilio T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Extremophiles; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; COPPER; IRON; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DNA DETERMINATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FEROOXIDANS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 0037756704     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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