A transposon-located arsenic resistance mechanism from a strain of Acidithiobacillus caldus isolated from commercial, arsenopyrite biooxidation tanks

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  De Groot, Peter ^a   Deane, Shelly M ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus caldus; Arsenic resistance genes; Arsenopyrite concentrate biooxidation; Biomining bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; DNA; GENES; OXIDATION;

BIOOXIDATION;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0141973080     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00147-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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