biohydrometallurgy

A branch of biotechnology which uses bacteria for industrial processes—e.g., microbial mining, oil recovery, bioleaching, water treatment, etc. It is used primarily to recover certain metals—gold, copper, zinc, lead—from sulphide ores.

References in periodicals archive

Jerez, "Microbial copper resistance: importance in biohydrometallurgy," Microbial Biotechnology, vol.

Inorganic Polyphosphate, Exopolyphosphatase, and Pho84-Like Transporters May Be Involved in Copper Resistance in Metallosphaera sedula DSM [5348.sup.T]

During the last 30 years bioleaching of minerals has opened up new opportunities for extractive metallurgy and biohydrometallurgy is now practiced in the copper industries, especially for the treatment of low-grade ores.

Fe Extraction from Cayeli Copper Ores by Bioleaching with Eco Freiendly Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (2015: Bali, Indonesia) Edited by M.

Biotechnologies in Mining Industry and Environmental Engineering; select papers

In the past few years, bioleaching technology using especially Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (T.f.) has been widely employed in biohydrometallurgy [13].

Effect of bioleaching on the yield and composition of Meihekou oil shale (China)

Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy (IBS 2013); select papers

Kelly, "Heavy metal and radionuclide by fungi and yeasts," in Biohydrometallurgy, A.

Equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics of the removal of nickel(II) from aqueous solution using cow hooves

International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa.

TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM: ADSORPTION, DESORPTION, ISOTHERM AND FTIR STUDIES

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