Comparison of ferric iron generation by different species of acidophilic bacteria immobilized in packed-bed reactors

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Rowe, Owen F ^a   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Bioreactors; Bioremediation; Iron oxidation

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERRIMICROBIUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 39849083027     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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