High level arsenic resistance in bacteria present in biooxidation tanks used to treat gold-bearing arsenopyrite concentrates: A review

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1311-1318

  RAWLINGS, D E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus caldus; arsenic resistance genes; biooxidation tanks; Leptospirillum; microbial consortia; transposons

Indexed keywords

GENES; GOLD DEPOSITS; NONMETALS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ARSENIC RESISTANCE GENES; BIOOXIDATION TANKS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; TRANSPOSONS;

ARSENIC;

EID: 58649099572     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60003-0     Document Type: Article

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