Bioleaching of metals from electronic scrap by pure and mixed culture of acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

Metalurgia International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 62-70

  Ivǎnuş, Radu Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Bioleaching; Electronic scrap; Metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052443439     PISSN: 15822214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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