Some quantitative data on bacterial attachment to pyrite

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1132-1138

  Florian, B ^a   Noel N ^a   Thyssen, C ^a   Felschau, I ^a   Sand, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Bioleaching; Biotechnology; Mineral processing; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BIOFILM FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FERROOXIDANS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MESOPHILIC; METAL SULFIDES; MINERAL PROCESSING; MIXED CULTURES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; PURE CULTURE; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SULFIDE ORES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOLEACHING;

BACTERIA;

EID: 79961020527     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.03.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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