Comparative genomics begins to unravel the ecophysiology of bioleaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 471-476

  Valdes J ^a,b   Cardenas J P ^a,b   Quatrini, R ^a   Esparza, M ^a   Osorio, H ^a,b   Duarte, F ^a,b   Lefimil, C ^b   Sepulveda, R ^a,b   Jedlicki, E ^c   Holmes, D S ^a,b  

^a Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Bioinformatics; Bioleaching; Biomining; CO2 fixation; Comparative genomics; Ecophysiology; Metagenomic

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOMINING; CO2 FIXATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; METAGENOMIC;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 77957787877     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.03.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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