Scanning force microscopy studies of the colonization and growth of A. ferrooxidans on the surface of pyrite minerals

Scanning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-140

  Pace, D L ^a   Mielke, R E ^a   Southam, G ^b   Porter, T L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ferrooxidans; Pyrite; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; SCANNING;

BACTERIA A. FERROXIDANS; ETCH PITS; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY (SFM);

BACTERIA;

PYRITE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA; CELLS; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; SCANNING;

EID: 19444376649     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950270306     Document Type: Article

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