Bioleaching of a polymetallic sulphide mineral by native strains of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans from Patagonia Argentina

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Lavalle, L ^a   Giaveno, A ^a   Pogliani, C ^b   Donati, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Isolation; Leptospirillum; Polymetallic sulphide mineral

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOPYRITE; POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDE;

BIOLEACHING;

LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 40649102878     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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