Quantification of abiotic reaction rates in mine tailings: Evaluation of treatment methods for eliminating iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 770-777

  Herbert Jr , Roger B ^a   Malmström, Maria ^b   Ebenå, Gustav ^c,e   Salmon, Ursula ^b,f   Ferrow, Embaie ^d   Fuchs, Matthias ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; AUTOCLAVES; BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; ETHANOL; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; MINERALOGY; RADIATION; WEATHERING; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABIOTIC REACTION RATES; DEIONIZED WATER (DIW); IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA (IOB); OXIDATION RATES; SULFUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA (SOB);

MINING;

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IRON; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFUR; WATER;

IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MINE WASTE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TAILINGS;

ABIOTIC REACTION; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEATING; MINERALOGY; MINING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON; KINETICS; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13544274124     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0400537     Document Type: Article

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