Cooperative action of attached and planktonic cells during bioleaching of chalcopyrite with Sulfolobus metallicus at 70 °C

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Gautier, V ^a   Escobar, B ^a   Vargas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Sulfolobus metallicus; Thermophilic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; IRON; MICROORGANISMS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOPYRITE; EXPERIMENTAL SERIES; INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; MILLIPORE MEMBRANES; SHAKE-FLASK EXPERIMENTS; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53249151687     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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