Bioleaching of chalcocite started at different pH: Response of the microbial community to environmental stress and leaching kinetics

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Xingyu, Liu ^a,b   Biao, Wu ^a   Bowei, Chen ^a   Jiankang, Wen ^a   Renman, Ruan ^b   Guocheng, Yao ^a   Dianzuo, Wang ^c  

^a GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

^b Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

16 S rRNA gene; Biodiversity; Bioleaching; Chalcocite

Indexed keywords

16 S RRNA GENE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER DISSOLUTION; COPPER SULFIDES; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH PH; IRON DISSOLUTION; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING KINETICS; LEACHING TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PLANT OPERATIONS; REDOX POTENTIALS; SHRINKING CORE MODEL; START-UPS; STIRRED REACTORS; SULFOBACILLUS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; COPPER; COPPER MINES; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; METAL RECOVERY; REDOX REACTIONS; RNA; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 77955226968     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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