Inhibitory Effect of High Concentrations of Ferric Ions on the Activity of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-379

  Kawabe, Yoshishige ^a,b   Inoue, Chihiro ^a   Suto, Koichi ^a   Chida, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Biooxidation; Competitive inhibition; Ferric ion; Ferrous ion oxidation; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; ENZYME KINETICS; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION;

BIOOXIDATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0345059755     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.96.375     Document Type: Article

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