Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Donati, Edgardo R. (Editor), Sand, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Microbiology.; Biochemical engineering.; Mineral resources.; Bioinformatics.; Microbial ecology.; Metals.; Materials Science.; Metallic Materials.; Applied Microbiology.; Biochemical Engineering.; Mineral Resources.; Microbial Ecology.

The application of microbiological methods to the extraction of metals from minerals has definitely gained a prominent role and is supported by the several bioleaching and biooxidation processes operating in different sites over the world. In recent years new techniques and new results about proteom...