Microbial processing of metal sulfides/
Microbial processing of metal sulfides/
edited by Edgardo R. Donati and Wolfgang Sand.
- London: Springer, 2007.
- ix, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Preface
Section I - Fundamentals, microorganisms and mechanisms 1Microorganisms involved in bioleaching and nucleic acid-based molecular methods for their identification and quantification
2 Mechanisms and biochemical fundamentals of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation
3 Electrochemical techniques used to study bacterial-metal sulfides interactions in acidic environments
4 Catalytic role of silver and other ions on the mechanism of chemical and biological leaching
5 Recovery of zinc, nickel, cobalt and other metals by bioleaching
6 Bioleaching of metals in neutral and slightly alkaline environment
Section II - Bioreactors and Bioheaps
7 Bioleaching of sulfide minerals in continuous stirred tanks
8 Bioreactor design fundamentals and their application to gold mining
9 Air-lift reactors: characterization and applications in biohydrometallurgy
10 Principles, mechanisms and dynamics of chalcocite heap bioleaching
Section III - Genetics and Molecular Biology
11 The use of bioinformatics and genome biology to advance our understanding of bioleaching microorganisms
12 Proteomics and metaproteomics applied to biomining microorganisms
13 Cell-cell communication in bacteria: A promising new approach to improve bioleaching efficiency?
Section IV - Other Applications
14 Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals Bioprocessing
15 Hydrogen sulfide removal from gaseous effluents
9781402055881
Sulfides -- Metallurgy
Minerals -- Biotechnology
Microbial biotechnology
576 / DON/M
Preface
Section I - Fundamentals, microorganisms and mechanisms 1Microorganisms involved in bioleaching and nucleic acid-based molecular methods for their identification and quantification
2 Mechanisms and biochemical fundamentals of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation
3 Electrochemical techniques used to study bacterial-metal sulfides interactions in acidic environments
4 Catalytic role of silver and other ions on the mechanism of chemical and biological leaching
5 Recovery of zinc, nickel, cobalt and other metals by bioleaching
6 Bioleaching of metals in neutral and slightly alkaline environment
Section II - Bioreactors and Bioheaps
7 Bioleaching of sulfide minerals in continuous stirred tanks
8 Bioreactor design fundamentals and their application to gold mining
9 Air-lift reactors: characterization and applications in biohydrometallurgy
10 Principles, mechanisms and dynamics of chalcocite heap bioleaching
Section III - Genetics and Molecular Biology
11 The use of bioinformatics and genome biology to advance our understanding of bioleaching microorganisms
12 Proteomics and metaproteomics applied to biomining microorganisms
13 Cell-cell communication in bacteria: A promising new approach to improve bioleaching efficiency?
Section IV - Other Applications
14 Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals Bioprocessing
15 Hydrogen sulfide removal from gaseous effluents
9781402055881
Sulfides -- Metallurgy
Minerals -- Biotechnology
Microbial biotechnology
576 / DON/M