The bacterial community structure during bioleaching of a low-grade nickel sulphide ore in stirred-tank reactors at different combinations of temperature and pH

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-215

  Cameron, Rory A ^a   Yeung, C William ^c   Greer, Charles W ^c   Gould, W Douglas ^b   Mortazavi, Saviz ^b   Bédard, Pierre L ^b   Morin, Lucie ^b   Lortie, Lyne ^b   Dinardo, Orlando ^b   Kennedy, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial community structure; Bioleaching; DGGE; Elevated pH; Lizardite; Nickel sulphide; Pentlandite; Serpentine; Stirred tank reactor

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DGGE; ELEVATED PH; LIZARDITE; NICKEL SULPHIDE; PENTLANDITE; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; GENES; KAOLINITE; NICKEL; RNA; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEACHING;

BACTERIA;

EID: 78049433706     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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