Acidophiles in bioreactor mineral processing

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 14 Apr 2000Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Extremophiles, volume 4, pages 71-76 (issn: 1431-0651,

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Authors: P R, Norris; N P, Burton; N A, Foulis;

doi: 10.1007/s007920050139

pmid: 10805560

Acidophiles in bioreactor mineral processing

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Abstract

Mineral processing in bioreactors has become established in several countries during the past decade with industrial application of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria to release occluded gold from mineral sulfides. Cobalt extraction in bioreactors has also been commercialized, and development of high-temperature biooxidation of copper sulfides has reached pilot-plant scale. A variety of potentially useful mineral sulfide-oxidizing thermophiles have been recognized, but the most active strains have not been fully characterized.

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University of Warwick
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Keywords

Minerals, Hot Temperature, Iron, Sulfides, Archaea, Industrial Microbiology, Bioreactors, Metals, Acids, Oxidation-Reduction, Phylogeny

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