Bioleaching of zinc and iron from steel plant waste using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-126

  Bayat, Oktay ^a   Sever, Efsun ^b   Bayat, Belgin ^a   Arslan, Volkan ^a   Poole, Colin ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Akdeniz Petrolleri AS   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bacteria; Bioleaching; Iron ores; Recycling; Tailings; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL LEACHING; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PH VALUES; PLANT WASTES; REDOX POTENTIALS; SEVERAL VARIABLES; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; WASTE PROCESSING; ZN CONTENTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; IRON ORES; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; STEEL; STEELMAKING; ZINC;

PH EFFECTS;

IRON; ZINC; STEEL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; STEEL; ZINC;

EID: 59649129311     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8257-5     Document Type: Article

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