Biofilm forming and leaching mechanism during bioleaching chalcopyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-387

  Fu, Jian Hua ^a,b   Hu, Yue Hua ^a   Qiu, Guan Zhou ^a   Liu, Jian She ^a   Xu, Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial attachment; Biofilm forming; Bioleaching; EM cell chemistry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEACHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BIOFILM FORMING; BIOLEACHING; CELL CHEMISTRY;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 3242763194     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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