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Bioflotation and bi...
Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals bioprocessing
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- Rao, K. Hanumantha (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Industriell miljö- och processteknik
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- Subramanian, S. (author)
- Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Dordrecht : Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology/Springer Verlag, 2007
- 2007
- English.
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In: Microbial Processing fo Metal Sulfides. - Dordrecht : Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology/Springer Verlag. ; , s. 267-286
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- Minerals bioprocessing, more specifically bio-beneficiation, concerns the enrichment of value minerals from ores and materials using conventional flotation and flocculation methods in the presence of microorganisms. The subject of bio-flotation and bio-flocculation is relatively new and there are already significant works reported in the literature although not overwhelming. Since the adhesion of microbial cells on minerals is a prerequisite to alter the surface chemistry of minerals favorable to either flotation or flocculation, most of the studies dealt on mineral-bacteria interactions in order to understand the mechanisms behind the mineral selectivity achieved in bio-beneficiation processes. This chapter attempts to survey the literature with a special emphasis on Acidithiobacillus and Bacillus group bacteria underlying our recent investigations in bioflotation and bioflocculation of metal sulfides. The potential of microorganisms in bio-beneficiation and the research needs to make it a viable technology are briefly outlined.
Subject headings
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Materialteknik -- Metallurgi och metalliska material (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Materials Engineering -- Metallurgy and Metallic Materials (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Mineral Processing
- Mineralteknik
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- kap (subject category)
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