Chemolithotrophic bacteria in copper ores leached at high sulfuric acid concentration

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 332-334

  Vásquez, Mónica ^a   Espejo, Romilio T ^a,b  

^a SMP Tecnología   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEACHING; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 0342941153     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.332-334.1997     Document Type: Article

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