Effect of chloride on ferrous iron oxidation by a Leptospirillum ferriphilum-dominated chemostat culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 422-431

  Gahan, Chandra Sekhar ^a   Sundkvist, Jan Eric ^a,b   Dopson, Mark ^c   Sandström, Åke ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Chloride; Ferrous iron oxidation; Leptospirillum ferriphilum; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; BIO-OXIDATION; CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; METAL EXTRACTIONS; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION SYSTEMS; PH HOMEOSTASIS; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCES; SULFIDE ORES;

CHEMOSTATS; EXTRACTION; IRON; METAL RECOVERY; MICROORGANISMS; ORE TREATMENT; OXIDATION; TOXICITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; FERROUS ION; SULFIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CHEMOSTAT; CULTURE MEDIUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; METAL EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

BACTERIA; CHLORIDES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

EID: 77953547607     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22709     Document Type: Article

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