Bioleaching of some rare earth elements from Egyptian monazite using Aspergillus ficuum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 809-823

  Hassanien, Wesam Abdel Ghany ^a   Desouky, Osman Abdel Naby ^b   Hussien, Shimaa Salah Eldien ^b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aspergillus ficuum; Bioleaching; Chemical leaching; Monazite; Pesudomonas aeruginosa; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906099676     PISSN: 16863933     EISSN: 2228835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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