SEM and AFM images of pyrite surfaces after bioleaching by the indigenous Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-420

  Liu, H L ^a   Chen, B Y ^b   Lan, Y W ^a   Cheng, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PYRITE; ZINC;

BACTERIUM;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLEACHING; CELL ADHESION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0141483149     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1280-0     Document Type: Article

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