Microbial ecology of Río Tinto, a natural extreme acidic environment of biohydrometallurgical interest

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Gonzalez Toril E ^a   Aguilera, A ^a   Rodriguez, N ^a   Fernandez Remolar D ^a   Gomez F ^a   Diaz, E ^b   Garcia Moyano A ^b   Sanz, J L ^b   Amils, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; ARD; Chemolithotrophy; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Iron cycle; Subsurface geomicrobiology; Sulphur cycle

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILES; ARD; CHEMOLITHOTROPHY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; IRON CYCLE; SULPHUR CYCLE;

BIOLEACHING; HEAVY METALS; MICROBIOLOGY; SULFUR;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 77957763391     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.01.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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