Weathering of phlogopite by Bacillus cereus and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Štyriaková, Iveta ^a   Bhatti, Tariq M ^b,e   Bigham, Jerry M ^b   Štyriak, Igor ^c   Vuorinen, Antti ^d   Tuovinen, Olli H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bacillus cereus; Mica; Phlogopite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DISSOLUTION; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; PHLOGOPITE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MICA; MINERAL; PHLOGOPITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BACILLUS CEREUS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 2942722328     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-003     Document Type: Article

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