Visualisation of pyrite leaching by selected thermophilic archaea: Nature of microorganism-ore interactions during bioleaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Mikkelsen, D ^a   Kappler, U ^a   Webb, R I ^a   Rasch, R ^a   McEwan, A G ^a   Sly, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidianus brierleyi; Bioleaching; Electron Microscopy; Ferrozine; Metallosphaera sedula; Pyrite; Sulfolobus metallicus

Indexed keywords

ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; FERROZINE; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS;

BIOLEACHING; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 34447262349     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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