Bioleaching of chalcopyrite by pure and mixed cultures of Acidithiobacillus spp. and Leptospirillum ferriphilum

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Fu, Bo ^a   Zhou, Hongbo ^a   Zhang, Rubing ^a   Qiu, Guanzhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Jarosite; Leptospirillum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; BOTTLES; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; GARNETS; IRON; LEACHING; METALS; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; CHALCOPYRITE; DISSOLUTION RATE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FERROOXIDANS; JAROSITE; JAROSITE PRECIPITATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MESOPHILIC; METAL EXTRACTIONS; MINERAL SURFACES; MIXED CULTURES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; OPERATION COSTS; PASSIVATION LAYERS; PERCENTAGE RECOVERY; SHAKE FLASKS; SULFUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

METAL RECOVERY;

BACTERIUM; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; JAROSITE; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

EID: 49549125437     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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