A comparative study of substrate utilisation by Sulfobacillus species in mixed ferrous ion and tetrathionate growth medium

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Shiers, D W ^a,b   Ralph, D E ^c   Watling, H R ^a,b  

^a Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferrous ion oxidation; Sulfobacillus; Tetrathionate oxidation

Indexed keywords

BATCH CULTURE; CELL LINES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FERROUS ION; FERROUS ION OXIDATION; GROWTH HISTORY; GROWTH MEDIUM; LAG TIME; SULFOBACILLUS; TETRATHIONATE; THERMOTOLERANS;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; IONS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

EID: 77957756717     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.03.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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