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Potential of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to Grow on and Bioleach Metals from Mars and Lunar Regolith Simulants under Simulated Microgravity Conditions. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 The biomining microbes which extract metals from ores that have been applied in mining processes worldwide hold potential for harnessing space resources.
Kaksonen AH +5 more
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Glutathione Synthetase Overexpression in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Improves Halotolerance of Iron Oxidation. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2021 The use of acidophilic bacteria in the hydrometallurgical processing of sulfide ores can enable many benefits, including the potential reduction of environmental impacts. The cells involved in bioleaching tend to have limited halotolerance, and increased
Inaba Y, West AC, Banta S.
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Hydroxyl, Fe2+, and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Jointly Determined the Crystal Growth and Morphology of Schwertmannite in a Sulfate-Rich Acidic Environment. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2021 Schwertmannite, ubiquitously found in iron and sulfate-rich acid mine drainage, is generated via biological oxidation of ferrous ions by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans).
Feng K +5 more
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Minerals, 2023 Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a chemotrophic, aerobic, acidophilic, and Gram-negative bacterium that plays a key role in iron and sulfur cycling and has a wide range of applications in the industrial field. A novel A. ferrooxidans strain, hereinafter
Wenbo Li, Q. Feng, Ze Li
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 A novel strain of an iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from a natural biotope at Kashen copper ore (Martakert Province, Republic of Artsakh). The strain is able to grow and oxidize ferrous ions in the range of pH 1.4–2.6 with optimal pH 2.
Narine Vardanyan +7 more
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Crystals, 2020 Biofilm formation is a molecular assembly process occurring at interfaces, such as in bioleaching processes. The real time monitoring of the marker bands of amide I/amide II by FTIR microspectroscopy during Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans colonization on ...
Constantinos Varotsis +5 more
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Bioleaching of rare‐earth elements from phosphate rock using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2022 Phosphate rock containing rare‐earth elements (REEs) is considered one of the most promising potential secondary sources of REEs, as evidenced by large tonnages of phosphate rock mined annually.
Yi Tian, Xia Hu, Xia Song, Aijiang Yang
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Introduction: Municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration fly ash is a harmful residue formed during the incineration process. It contains high concentrations of hazardous heavy metals, such as lead, zinc, aluminum, and iron.Methodology: In this study ...
Jayaraman Narenkumar +7 more
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Visualisation of the interaction between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and oil shale by atomic force microscopy [PDF]
Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy, 2012 This study visually documents the mechanical contact and interaction between the bacterial cells of two biogeocenotically different strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (At. ferrooxidans) and oil shale containing pyrite.
Milić Jelena S. +4 more
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Attempts to Stimulate Leaching Activity of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Strain TFBk
Minerals, 2022 Autotrophic acidophilic bacteria Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a model species for studying metal bioleaching from low-grade sulfide ores and concentrates.
A. Yachkula +5 more
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