Effects of l-cysteine on Ni-Cu sulfide and marmatite bioleaching by Acidithiobacillus caldus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1383-1387

  He, Zhiguo ^a   Gao, Fengling ^a   Zhong, Hui ^b   Hu, Yuehua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus caldus; Bioleaching; IR spectra; Metal sulphide; XRD

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOLEACHING; COPPER; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; IR SPECTRA; IR SPECTRUM; LEACHING RATES; MARMATITE; METAL SULPHIDE; MINERAL SURFACES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; SOLID RESIDUES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; XRD; ZETA POTENTIAL DETERMINATIONS;

MINERALS;

CYSTEINE; NICKEL;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; COPPER COMPOUND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEACHING; NICKEL; SULFIDE (INORGANIC); X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLEACHING; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; COPPER; CYSTEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MINING; NICKEL; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55549096354     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.038     Document Type: Article

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