Effectiveness of iron reducing bacteria for the removal of iron from bauxite ores

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Papassiopi, Nymphodora ^a   Vaxevanidou, Katerina ^a   Paspaliaris, Ioannis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bauxites; Biobeneficiation; Iron reducing bacteria (IRB)

Indexed keywords

BIOBENEFICIATION; CHAMOSITE; CRYSTALLINE GOETHITE; CRYSTALLINITIES; FERRIHYDRITES; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; HEMATITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 71549168313     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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