Adaptation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to high grade sphalerite concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1299-1306

  Haghshenas, D F ^a   Alamdari, E Keshavarz ^a   Torkmahalleh, M Amouei ^a   Bonakdarpour, B ^a   Nasernejad, B ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Adaptation; Bioleaching; High grade sphalerite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION PROTOCOLS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; FERROOXIDANS; HIGH GRADE SPHALERITE; SPHALERITE CONCENTRATE;

BIOLEACHING; CELL MEMBRANES; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 70349816772     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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