Low temperature removal of inorganic sulfur compounds from mining process waters

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1251-1259

  Liljeqvist, Maria ^a   Sundkvist, Jan Eric ^b   Saleh, Amang ^b   Dopson, Mark ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans; Bioremediation; Continuous process; Psychrotolerant; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOFILM CARRIERS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CYANIDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LOW TEMPERATURE REMOVAL; MESOPHILIC; MINING OPERATIONS; MINING PROCESS; MIXED CULTURES; PHYLOGENIC ANALYSIS; PROCESS WATER; PSYCHROTOLERANT; REACTOR DESIGNS; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; TAILINGS POND; TETRATHIONATE; THIOSULFATE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; MICROORGANISMS; MINING; OXIDATION; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFURIC ACID;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFURIC ACID; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOCYANATE; THIOSULFATE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERRIVORANS; ACIDOPHILE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; EFFLUENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MINING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOSULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS;

EID: 79954620892     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23057     Document Type: Article

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