Batch culture of Acidithiobacillus caldus on tetrathionate

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Shiers, D W ^a,c   Ralph, D E ^b,c   Watling, H R ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus caldus; Cell yields; Polythionates; Tetrathionate oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AVERAGE GROWTH; BATCH CULTURE; CELL YIELDS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ENERGY SOURCE; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; GROWTH YIELD; POLYTHIONATES; STERILE CULTURE; TETRATHIONATE; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; THERMOANALYSIS;

CELL CULTURE;

SULFITE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; TETRA;

EID: 79953789281     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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