Microbial leaching of marmatite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 937-942

  Wang, Jun ^a   Qiu, Guan Zhou ^a   Qin, Wen Qing ^a   Zhang, Yan Sheng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Bioleaching; Leaching ratio; Marmatite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; ZINC MINES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BIOLEACHING; LEACHING RATIO; MARMATITE;

ZINC;

EID: 33750904825     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60355-5     Document Type: Article

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