Gene identification and substrate regulation provide insights into sulfur accumulation during bioleaching with the psychrotolerant acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 951-957

  Liljeqvist, Maria ^a   Rzhepishevska, Olena I ^a   Dopson, Mark ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; CHALCOPYRITE CONCENTRATE; COLD ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY SOURCE; FERROUS IRON; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; METAL RELEASE; MIXED CULTURES; PSYCHROTOLERANT; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; SULFUR OXIDATION; TETRATHIONATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLEACHING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GENES; OXIDATION; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

IRON;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; FERROUS ION; SULFUR;

ACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEACHING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR;

EID: 84873857813     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02989-12     Document Type: Article

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