Sulfidogenesis and selective precipitation of metals at low pH mediated by Acidithiobacillus spp. and acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Jameson, E ^a   Rowe, O F ^a   Hallberg, K B ^a   Johnson, D B ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Metal precipitation; Sulfate reduction; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfidogenesis; Sulfur reduction

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; METAL PRECIPITATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDOGENESIS; SULFUR REDUCTION;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

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EID: 77957780923     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.03.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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