The effect of the introduction of exogenous strain Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans A01 on functional gene expression, structure and function of indigenous consortium during pyrite bioleaching

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 8092-8098

  Liu, Yi ^a   Yin, Huaqun ^a,b   Zeng, Weimin ^a   Liang, Yili ^a   Liu, Yao ^a   Baba, Ngom ^a   Qiu, Guanzhou ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Fu, Xian ^a   Liu, Xueduan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Functional gene arrays (FGAs); Introduction; Pyrite bioleaching; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONSORTIUM MEMBERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FERROOXIDANS; FUNCTIONAL GENE ARRAYS (FGAS); FUNCTIONAL GENES; INTRODUCTION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; METAL RESISTANCES; NITROGEN METABOLISM; REAL-TIME PCR; RT-PCR; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

BIOLEACHING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CARBON; IRON; PYRITE; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; LEACHING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; POLYMER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLEACHING; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERROPLASMA THERMOPHILUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFIDES;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; FERROPLASMA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 79960840067     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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