Overview
- Gives a unique and in-depth description of mechanisms of bioleaching and the role played by exopolymers substances in the interfacial degradation of metal sulfides
- Includes new evidence supplied by new techniques (electrochemical techniques, atomic force microscope)
- Shows recent results about proteomic and bioinformatics which are bringing a new perspective on the microbial processes
- Explains the bioleaching fundamentals and the bioleaching applications at different scales
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About this book
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 proteomic and bioinformatics are bringing a new perspective on the microbial processes.
This book focuses on the basic aspects of the process with special emphasis on recent contributions regarding the chemical and microbial aspects of the bioleaching process and the use of microorganisms in the treatment of complex ores and concentrates.
It has been written by recognized researchers in order to introduce the main subjects of microbial processing to undergraduate and postgraduate students, scientists working in this field as well as interested industrialists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides
Editors: Edgardo R. Donati, Wolfgang Sand
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5589-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5588-1Published: 07 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7402-7Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5589-8Published: 11 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 314
Topics: Metallic Materials, Applied Microbiology, Biochemical Engineering, Mineral Resources, Bioinformatics, Microbial Ecology