Comparison between the bacterial populations from solutions and minerals in 1 m test columns and the industrial low grade copper sulphide bioleaching process in the Escondida Mine, Chile

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 71-73, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-66

  Zepeda, V ^a,b,c   Galleguillos, F ^a   Urtuvia, V ^a   Molina, J ^a   Demergasso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Copper sulphide ore; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CELLULAR DENSITY; COLUMN LEACHING TESTS; COLUMN TEST; COPPER SULPHIDES; FERROOXIDANS; IRRIGATION PERIOD; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; LOW GRADE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MINERAL SAMPLES; REAL-TIME PCR; TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER; COPPER MINES; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MINERALS;

EID: 72449157889     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.71-73.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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