Elemental analysis of extracellular polymeric substances and granules in chalcopyrite bioleaching microbes

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 376-381

  Usher, K M ^a   Shaw, J A ^b   Kaksonen, A H ^a   Saunders, M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Metallosphaera hakonensis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; CHALCOPYRITE; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; METALLOSPHAERA HAKONENSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

BIOLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULATION; IRON; METAL IONS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SULFUR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77957773417     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.02.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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