Comparison of bioleaching behaviors of different compositional sphalerite using Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus caldus

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 845-851

  Xia, Lexian ^a   Dai, Songlin ^b   Yin, Chu ^a   Hu, Yuehua ^a   Liu, Jianshe ^a   Qiu, Guanzhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dongguan Institute of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Community composition; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFIDE; IRON; SULFIDE; SULFUR; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; SULFUR; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649135957     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0560-9     Document Type: Article

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