Development of Leptospirillum ferriphilum dominated consortium for ferric iron regeneration and metal bioleaching under extreme stresses

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 483-489

  Patel, Bhargav C ^a   Tipre, Devayani R ^a   Dave, Shailesh R ^a  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; DGGE; Ferric regeneration; Leptospirillum ferriphilum; Restriction digestion

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; COPPER AND ZINC; DGGE; FERRIC IRON; FERRIC REGENERATION; FERROUS IRON; IRON OXIDATION RATE; LEACHATES; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MINE SOILS; POLYMETALLIC; RESTRICTION DIGESTION; SULPHATES;

BIOLEACHING; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; GENES; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGNITE MINES; RNA; SODIUM; SOILS; ZINC;

IRON;

CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; FERRIC ION; LEAD; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTION; DOMINANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; IONIC COMPOSITION; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LIGNITE; METAL; OXIDATION; PH; SAMPLING; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLEACHING; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIGESTION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; LEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; METAL EXTRACTION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA; COPPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; IRON; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; OTUS;

EID: 84862286181     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.094     Document Type: Article

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