Succession of acidophilic bacterial community during bio-oxidation of refractory gold-containing sulfides

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 683-691

  Hao, Chunbo ^a,b   Wang, Lihua ^a,b   Dong, Hailiang ^a,c   Zhang, Hongxun ^d  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Acidophiles; Bio oxidation; Clone library; DGGE; Refractory gold ore

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILY; ARSENOPYRITE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENE; GOLD; OXIDATION; PYRITE; RNA; SUCCESSION; SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDOPHILES; ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOTOLERANS;

EID: 77952236210     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903559989     Document Type: Article

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