Engineering Research
Materials Science
Engineering Series
Biohydrometallurgy 2009
Subtitle:
a meeting point between Microbial Ecology, Metal Recovery Processes and Environmental Remediation
Description:
The main focus of this collection of peer-reviewed articles is three different aspects of biohydrometallurgy: this is the field of microbial ecology which is the key to answering central questions concerning not only the diversity and behavior of micro-organisms in commercial operations, but also possible applications in biohydrometallurgy of extremophiles coming from very different environments. This covers metal recovery bioprocesses, including basic and applied studies of bioleaching and bio-oxidation; but also bioflotation. A large part of the book is given over to interfacial studies which contribute to the understanding of the interaction between surfaces and micro-organisms during those processes. Also covered are the remediation of mining activities and environmental protection as related to mining and mining industries.
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Peer-reviewed papers from a September 2009 conference report on recent work in biohydrometallurgy, the field of microbial ecology which addresses questions concerning not only the diversity and behavior of micro-organisms in commercial operations, but also possible applications of extremophiles coming from very different environments. A large part of the book is given over to studies of the interaction between surfaces and micro-organisms during metal recovery bioprocesses. Also covered are the remediation and environmental protection related to mining. A section is dedicated to biological studies at the molecular level and physiological and biochemical studies of mining micro-organisms. Another section contains studies of new biomaterials, and describes new technological applications of biomass. Some topics covered include the microbial ecology of a natural extreme acidic environment, microbial succession during a heap bioleaching cycle of low-grade copper sulphides, geomicrobiology of sulfidic mine dumps, and microbial diversity and genetic response to stress conditions of extremophilic bacteria isolated from the Escondida copper mine.