Selective removal of transition metals from acidic mine waters by novel consortia of acidophilic sulfidogenic bacteria

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Ňancucheo, Ivan ^a,b   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM; COPPER; DNA; GLYCEROL; IRON; MANGANESE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DESULFOSPOROSINUS ACIDOPHILUS; FLOW RATE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; MINING; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 83255180709     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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