Addition of citrate to Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans cultures enables precipitate-free growth at elevated pH and reduces ferric inhibition

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1940-1948

  Li, Xiaozheng ^a   Mercado, Roel ^a   Kernan, Timothy ^a   West, Alan C ^a   Banta, Scott ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemolithoautotrophy; Iron chelation; Iron oxidizing bacteria; Maintenance coefficient; Product inhibition

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CHELATION; CITRIC ACID; CYTOLOGY; IRON; MAINTENANCE; PRECIPITATES;

CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHY; IRON CHELATION; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MAINTENANCE COEFFICIENT; PRODUCT INHIBITION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

CITRIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; MALONIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERRIC ION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHELATING AGENTS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CITRIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84906779193     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25268     Document Type: Article

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