Microbial processing of metal sulfides/ 
edited by Edgardo R. Donati and Wolfgang Sand. 
 - London:  Springer,  2007. 
 - ix, 314 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Preface <br/><br/>Section I - Fundamentals, microorganisms and mechanisms 1Microorganisms involved in bioleaching and nucleic acid-based molecular methods for their identification and quantification<br/>2 Mechanisms and biochemical fundamentals of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation<br/>3 Electrochemical techniques used to study bacterial-metal sulfides interactions in acidic environments<br/>4 Catalytic role of silver and other ions on the mechanism of chemical and biological leaching<br/>5 Recovery of zinc, nickel, cobalt and other metals by bioleaching<br/>6 Bioleaching of metals in neutral and slightly alkaline environment<br/><br/>Section II - Bioreactors and Bioheaps <br/>7 Bioleaching of sulfide minerals in continuous stirred tanks       <br/>8 Bioreactor design fundamentals and their application to gold mining<br/>9 Air-lift reactors: characterization and applications in biohydrometallurgy<br/>10 Principles, mechanisms and dynamics of chalcocite heap bioleaching <br/><br/>Section III - Genetics and Molecular Biology <br/>11 The use of bioinformatics and genome biology to advance our understanding of bioleaching microorganisms<br/>12 Proteomics and metaproteomics applied to biomining microorganisms<br/>13 Cell-cell communication in bacteria: A promising new approach to improve bioleaching efficiency? <br/><br/>Section IV - Other Applications <br/>14 Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals Bioprocessing<br/>15 Hydrogen sulfide removal from gaseous effluents 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781402055881 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sulfides -- Metallurgy<br/>Minerals -- Biotechnology<br/>Microbial biotechnology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576  / DON/M