Bacterial oxidation of ferrous iron at low temperatures

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1470-1478

  Kupka, Daniel ^a   Rzhepishevska, Olena I ^b   Dopson, Mark ^b   Lindström, E Börje ^b   Karnachuk, Olia V ^c   Tuovinen, Olli H ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Iron oxidation; Jarosite; Molecular phylogeny; Psychrotolerant; Schwertmannite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; IRON OXIDATION; JAROSITE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PSYCHROTOLERANT; SCHWERTMANNITE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S; TETRATHIONIC ACID;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE SOIL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547646381     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21371     Document Type: Article

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