Microenvironments determining growth of acidophilic bacteria in Zn-Pb flotation tailings of neutral reaction

Environment Protection Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Cwalina, Beata ^a   Pacholewska, Małgorzata ^a   Sozańska, Maria ^a   Cabala, Jerzy ^b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MINERAL COMPONENT; SULPHIDE MINERALS; WASTE MATERIALS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM; FLOTATION; LEAD; MINING; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PYRITES; SULFUR; ZINC;

MINERALS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68149123525     PISSN: 03248828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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