Foods, 2023 The need to improve the safety/quality of food and the health of the hosts has resulted in increasing worldwide interest in acidophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for the food, livestock as well as health industries. In addition to the use of acidophilic
Mehmet Arif Icer +6 more
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COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITY OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITY OF COAL TAILING [PDF]
Biotechnologia Acta, 2014 The aim of this research was to study the composition of aboriginal bacterial community of coal tailing and to evaluate lixiviation activity of different groups of microorganisms belonging to this community.
Blayda I. A.
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Codon usage bias reveals genomic adaptations to environmental conditions in an acidophilic consortium. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The analysis of codon usage bias has been widely used to characterize different communities of microorganisms. In this context, the aim of this work was to study the codon usage bias in a natural consortium of five acidophilic bacteria used for biomining.
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Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2021 Halophiles have been used as bioremediation agents in degradation of organic pollutants and acidophilic microorganisms are considered as efficient metal leaching agents for mineral-metal bearing wastes. In the present study, halophilic bacteria (Bacillus
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Bioprospecting for and the applications of halophilic acidophiles in bioleaching operations [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2023 The economic recovery of metals from sulfide ores has become a topic of increasing interest due to the escalating demand for critical minerals and the reducing grade of available ores.
Elizabeth L. J. Watkin +1 more
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Copahue geothermal system: a volcanic environment with rich extreme Prokaryotic biodiversity [PDF]
, 2015 The Copahue geothermal system is a natural extreme environment located at the northern end of the Cordillera de los Andes in Neuquén province in Argentina.
Donati, Edgardo Ruben +5 more
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Expansion of Thaumarchaeota habitat range is correlated with horizontal transfer of ATPase operons. [PDF]
, 2019 Thaumarchaeota are responsible for a significant fraction of ammonia oxidation in the oceans and in soils that range from alkaline to acidic. However, the adaptive mechanisms underpinning their habitat expansion remain poorly understood.
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Evaluation of microbial diversity of the microbial mat from the extremely acidic Lake Robule (Bor, Serbia) [PDF]
Botanica Serbica, 2017 Extremely acidic environments are frequently formed in areas impacted by mining activities, and Lake Robule is such an ecosystem. Although an extreme environment, Lake Robule is inhabited by acidophilic microorganisms. We investigated biodiversity of the
Stanković Srđan +4 more
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Advances in bioleaching as a sustainable method for metal recovery from e-waste:A review [PDF]
, 2019 Electronic waste (e-waste) accumulation on earth is a serious environmental challenge. The need for heavy metal recovery, together with the profitability of precious and base metals, are strong incentives for researchers to find a sustainable method for ...
Bahaloo-Horeh, Nazanin +4 more
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Mechanisms of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Exchange. [PDF]
, 2016 The biochemical mechanisms by which microbes interact with extracellular soluble metal ions and insoluble redox-active minerals have been the focus of intense research over the last three decades. The process presents two challenges to the microorganism;
Butt, Julea N. +5 more
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