Monitoring of sulfate-reducing bacteria in acid water from uranium mines

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1341-1343

  Benedetto, J S ^a   De Almeida, S K ^a   Gomes, H A ^a   Vazoller, R F ^a   Ladeira, A C Q ^a  

^a CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; ORGANIC MINERALS; PH EFFECTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; IRON SULFITES; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

EID: 27744495402     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.08.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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