Biooxidation of ferrous iron by immobilized Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogel carriers

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Long, Zhong Er ^a,b   Huang, Yunhong ^b   Cai, Zhaoling ^a   Cong, Wei ^a   Ouyang, Fan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Biooxidation of ferrous iron; Immobilization; Packed bed bioreactor; Poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogel

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PILOT STUDY;

BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POTATO VIRUS A;

EID: 0242417622     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022389510891     Document Type: Article

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