Differential bioleaching of copper by mesophilic and moderately thermophilic acidophilic consortium enriched from same copper mine water sample

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8331-8336

  Marhual, N P ^a   Pradhan, N ^a   Kar, R N ^a   Sukla, L B ^a   Mishra, B K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Mesophilic; Moderately thermophilic; Sulfobacillus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COPPER MINES; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINE FLOODING; MINES; MINING; NICKEL; PULP; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

(O-SEC.-BUTYLDITHIOCARBONATIO-S ,S') COPPER; COPPER EXTRACTION; COPPER LEACHING; ELSEVIER (CO); ENRICHMENT CULTURES; MESOPHILIC; MINE SITES; MINE WATER (MW); PULP DENSITY; SULFOBACILLUS;

COPPER;

COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; WATER; ZINC;

ACIDOPHILY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; LEACHING; MINE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; EXTRACTION; INDIA; MESOPHILIC ACIDOPHILIC CHEMOLITHOTROPIC CONSORTIA; MINING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILIC CONSORTIA; SULFUR BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC ACIDOPHILIC CHEMOLITHOTROPIC CONSORTIA; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COPPER; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINING; NICKEL; PULPS; SULFIDES; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KHETRI COPPER BELT; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

SULFOBACILLUS;

EID: 47749149139     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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