Extraction of nickel by microbial reduction of lateritic chromite overburden of Sukinda, India

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-22

  Behera, S K ^a   Panda, S K ^b   Pradhan, N ^a   Sukla, L B ^a   Mishra, B K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Chromite overburden; Goethite; Lateritic; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRON DONORS; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; FERRIC IRON; FERROOXIDANS; GOETHITE; KINETICS STUDIES; LATERITIC; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; NICKEL DISSOLUTION;

BIOREACTORS; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; METAL RECOVERY; REACTION RATES; REDUCTION; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

NICKEL;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; NICKEL; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMITE; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOETHITE; LATERITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NICKEL; OVERBURDEN; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALS; MINING; NICKEL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

INDIA; ORISSA; SUKINDA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 84866508399     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.076     Document Type: Article

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