Oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds in acidophilic prokaryotes

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-309

  Rohwerder, Thore ^a   Sand, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biohydrometallurgy; Oxidation; Sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROMETALLURGY; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACIDOPHILIC PROKARYOTES; BIOHYDROMETALLURGY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIOXYGENASE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROMETALLURGY; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDOPHILY; ENZYME; INHIBITION; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUND; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDOPHILE; BIOLEACHING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDOPHILES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34547434227     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200720204     Document Type: Review

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