Bioleaching of metals from electronic scrap by moderately thermophilic acidophilic bacteria

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 180-188

  Ilyas, Sadia ^a   Anwar, Munir A ^b   Niazi, Shahida B ^a   Afzal Ghauri, M ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acidophilic heterotrophs; Bioleaching; Electronic scrap; Metals; Moderate thermophiles; Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILIC HETEROTROPHS; ELECTRONIC SCRAP; MODERATE THERMOPHILES; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 34447294007     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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