Bioleaching mechanism of orpiment with different bacteria strains

Zhongguo Youse Jinshu Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1234-1240

  Yuan, Qiu Hong ^a   Wang, Yue Hu ^a   Zhang, Guang Ji ^a   Luo, Zhi Xiong ^b   Yang, Chao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b National Institute for Occupational Safety   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Mesophilic bacteria; Moderately thermophilic bacteria; Orpiment; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA STRAIN; BACTERIAL OXIDATION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; LEACHING PROCESS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; MINERAL SURFACES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA; SULFOBACILLUS; TWEEN 80;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; HYDROPHILICITY; MINERALS; OXIDATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 77954868988     PISSN: 10040609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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