A rapid ATP-based method for determining active microbial populations in mineral leach liquors

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Okibe, Naoko ^a,b   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Acidophiles; ATP; Biomining; Leptospirillum; Sulfobacillus

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOPHILES; ATP; BIOMINING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; SULFOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EID: 79958017257     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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