Bioleaching of nickel laterite ore using halotolerant aspergillus foetidus under saline conditions

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1049-1058

  Thangavelu, Vijaya ^a   Ryan, Dan ^a   Deepatana, Anat ^a   Valix, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Heterotrophic micro organism; Nickel laterite ores

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; ORES; OSMOSIS; TOXICITY;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOLEACHING; HETEROTROPHIC MICRO-ORGANISM; NICKEL LATERITE ORES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33749264044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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