Improved Metal Extraction by Selected Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Consortium from Polymetallic Concentrate

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 805-808

  Tipre, D R ^a   Vora, S B ^b   Dave, S R ^a  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gujarat Mineral Devmt Corporation   (India)

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