Biohydrometallurgy: From the Single Cell to the Environment

Biohydrometallurgy ? This Microbiologist?s PerspectiveBioMinE - Biotechnology for Metal Bearing Materials in Europe Work Progress after Two Years Optimization of ROM Sulfide Leaching at Anglo American Chile Los Bronces DivisionDevelopment of a Biotechnological Process for Reprocessing Flotation Tailings from Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex, Rep. of UzbekistanTalvivaara Black Schist Bioheapleaching Demonstration PlantComparison of the Bioleaching Effect of Mesophilic (35?C) and Thermophilic (45?C) Bacteria on the TIZAPA TailingsApplication Potential of Biohydrometallurgy in the Iranian Mining IndustryThe Bioshale Project: Search for a Sustainable Way of Exploiting Black Shale Ores Using BiotechnologyRemoval of Organically Bound Sulfur From Oil Shale by Iron(III)-Ion Generated-Regenerated from Pyrite by the Action of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansMobilization of Silver, Gold, and Platinum from Solid Materials by HCN-Forming MicroorganismsHigh-Rate Fluidized-Bed Ferric Sulfate Generation for Hydrometallurgical ApplicationsDevelopment of a Tank Bioleaching Process for the Treatment of Complex Cu-Polymetallic ConcentratesContinuous Bioleaching of a Cobaltiferous Pyrite in Stirred Reactors: Population Dynamics and EPS Production vs. Bioleaching PerformancesCharacterisation of Factors in the Bacterial Leaching of Nickel Laterites Using Statistical Design of ExperimentsModeling the Auto-Thermal Performance of a Thermophilic Chalcopyrite Bioleaching Heap Employing Mesophilic and Thermophilic MicrobesBiological Transformation of Kimberlite OresBioleaching of a Zinc Sulfide Ore by Thermophilic Consortia Isolated from Copahue VolcanoElectrochemical Noise Analysis of Chalcopyrite Carbon Paste Electrodes by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansInfluence of Chelators on Iron Solubilization from Quartz and Feldspars by BioleachingBiooxidation and Cyanidation for Gold and Silver Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage Generating Tailings (Ticapampa, Peru)A View on the Organic Matter and Metalloporphyrins Biodegradation as Characteristic Components of Black Shale OresMicrobial Leaching of Metals from Printed Circuit BoardsBioleaching of a Rich-In-Carbonates Copper Ore at Alkaline pHCobalt and Nickel Recoveries from Laterite Tailings by Organic and Inorganic BioacidsBioleaching of a High Iron Content Kaolin by Aspergillus niger: The Effects of Organic Acids BiosynthesisOptimization of Kaolin Bioleaching by Aspergillus nigerApplication of Mesophilic Mixed Micro-Organisms for Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Refinery CatalystsBiological Purification of Silicate MineralsDeferrization of Kaolinic Sand by Iron Oxidizing and Iron Reducing BacteriaSulfur Product Layer in Sphalerite Biooxidation: Evidences for a Mechanism of FormationMonitoring of Hydrocarbon Gaseous Compounds formed During Bioleaching of Copper Sulphide Minerals with Mesophilic MicroorganismsBioleaching of a Mixed Copper Dust Emanating from Copper SmeltersInvestigation of Viscosity and Thermodynamic Properties on the Bioleaching Solution with and without Mesophilic BacteriaProcess Enhancement of Bioleaching of Covellite Concentrate through Modification of Solution PotentialThe Effect of Aluminium and Magnesium Sulphate on the Rate of Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Leptospirillum ferriphilum in Continuous CultureKinetic Measurement of Biological Oxidation of Ferrous Iron at Low Ferric to Ferrous Ratios in a Controlled Potential Batch ReactorBioleaching of Multimetal Black Shale by Thermophilic Micro-OrganismsEffect of Temperature on Bioleaching of Chalcopyrite Concentrates containing High Concentrations of Silver: Opposite Rules ApplyMicrobial Populations in a 110 Ton-Scale Column for the Recovery of Metals from Black Schist OresCombined Test for Bioleaching ActivitiesStudy on Selective Depression of Pyrite during Copper BioleachingBiogeochemical Processes in Mine Tailings with Special Focus on Marine Shore Tailings Deposits and their RemediationModelling of Contaminant Release from Mining Waste DepositsEnvironmental Toxicity Testing in the Risk Assessment of a Metal Contaminated Abandoned Mining Site in HungaryApplication of Sulfate Reduction for the Biological Conversion of Anglesite to GalenaFirst Evidence of Active Sulphate Reduction in a Lignite Mine Dump Site at Low pH Values ? the Plessa SiteTreatment of Uranium-Containing Drainage Water in a Pilot-Scale Plant by Means of Microbial ReductionDevelopment and Potential Application of a Method for the Prediction and Assessment of the Seepage Water QualityAccumulation of Heavy Metals in Anaerobic Sludge and its Disposal by LandspreadingMicrobial and Geochemical Characterization of an Acid-Generating Hard Coal Tailings Dump in Saxonia/ GermanyEnvironmental Risk Management of an Abandoned Mining Site in HungaryNew Xochiquetzalli Method for Sulfide Ion Determination in Aqueous Media. Application to Tailings Analysis.A Study of the Operating Parameters of a Sulphate-Reducing Fixed-Bed Reactor for the Treatment of Metal-Bearing WastewaterIron Isotope Fractionation by Biogeochemical Processes in Mine TailingsBiodegradation of Organic Matter and Release of Heavy Metals from the Copper Bearing Black Shale of Fore Sudetic Monocline (Poland)The Wismut Uranium Mining Rehabilitation Project Running for 15 Years ? Lessons Learned and AchievementsBioremediation of Acid Mine Drainage in an Uranium DepositSustainable Approach for the Immobilization of Metals in the Saturated Zone: In Situ BioprecipitationDevelopment of a Novel Biological System for Removing Manganese from Contaminated WatersIn-Lake Bioreactors for the Treatment of Acid Mine Water in Pit LakesBiosorption as Main Uranium Accumulation Mechanism in WetlandsIntegrated System to Biological Solubilization and Precipitation of Heavy MetalsRemediation of Acid Mine Drainage by Means of Biological and Chemical MethodsBioremediation In Situ of an Alkaline Soil Polluted with Heavy MetalsMine Waste Stabilization with Biosludge and Ca Carbonate Residues: Column ExperimentsApplication Possibility of Bentonite and Zeolite in BioremediationBiohydrometallurgical Processing of Flotation Tailings from Different Copper MillsEnhancing Reductive Processes by Autochthonic Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria in Lignite Overburden DumpsBioremediation of Dredged Sediments Polluted by Heavy MetalsLaboratory Investigations on the Interactions of Soil, Water and Microorganisms with ManganeseChemical Stabilisation Combined with Phytostabilisation Applied to Mine Waste Contaminated Soils in HungaryRegulation of PCE-Dechlorinating Activity by Electrochemical CultivationSulfate Reduction under Acidic Conditions in High Rate Bioreactor Systems for Treatment of Mining and Metallurgical Waste and Process WaterHydrolysed Cellulose Material as Sulfate Reduction Electron Donor to Treat Metal- and Sulfate Containing Waste WaterRecent Advances in Electron Transfer Between Biofilms and MetalsInvestigations on the Sorting of Very Fine Particles by BiocoagulationEffect of LPS Removal on Electrophoretic Softness of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans CellsIs the Quorum Sensing Type AI-1 System of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Involved in its Attachment to Mineral Surfaces?Pyrite Surface Alteration of Synthetic Single Crystals as Effect of Microbial Activity and Crystallographic OrientationThe Catalytic Influence of Sulfolobus metallicus in the Bioleaching of Chalcopyrite: Role of Attached and Planktonic PopulationBioflotation of a Black Shale Copper OreSurface Hydrophobicity of an Acidophilic Heterotrophic Bacterium of Mine Origin under Metal StressSelective Coagulation in Chalcopyrite/Pyrite Mineral System Using Acidithiobacillus Group BacteriaCombined Atomic Force and Fluorescence Microscopy of Biofilms formed by Leaching Bacteria on Opaque SubstrataNovel Steel Corrosion Protection by Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) ? Biofilm-Induced Corrosion InhibitionInhibition of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Mild Steel and Stainless Steel 316 by an Organic InhibitorInfluence of Growth Substrate and Attachment Substratum on EPS and Biofilm Formation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansStudy of the Attachment Behaviour of Different Strains of Acidithiobacillus spp. to PyriteBiomining in the Post-Genomic Age: Advances and PerspectivesConcentrate Mineralogy Dictates the Composition of Bioleaching Microbial Consortia Geographical Distribution and Diversity of Moderately Thermophilic Members of the ThermoplasmatalesMicrobial Ecology of Leptospirillum spp. in R?o Tinto, a Model of Interest to BiohydrometallurgyMolecular Assessment of Microbial Diversity and Community Structure at Uranium Mines of Jaduguda, IndiaRelated Arsenic Resistance Transposons Occur in Leptospirilli Isolated from Different ContinentsInteractions of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans with Heavy Metals, Various Forms of Arsenic and PyriteRegulation of the Arsenic Oxidation Encoding Genes of a Moderately Acidophilic, Facultative Chemolithoautotrophic Thiomonas sp.Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Salt-Tolerant ?Thiobacillus prosperus?Differential Genetic Expression in Heap Bioleaching of Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Ore at Escondida Mine, ChileInsights into the Metabolism and Ecophysiology of Three Acidithiobacilli by Comparative Genome AnalysisInvolvement of Iron Oxidation Enzyme System in Sulfur Oxidation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270The Effect of Total Iron Concentration and Iron Speciation on the Rate of Ferrous Iron Oxidation Kinetics of Leptospirillum ferriphilum in Continuous Tank SystemsIdentification, Some Characterizations and Bioleaching Application of an Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans KLipis-3-1 Isolated from MalaysiaQuantification of Biomining Microorganisms Using Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionChalcopyrite and Bornite Differentially Affect Protein Synthesis in Planktonic Cells of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansTemperature Effects on the Iron Oxidation Kinetics of a Leptospirillum ferriphilum Dominated Culture at pH Below OneMetabolism Peculiarities of Bacteria of the Genus SulfobacillusIsolation, Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Acidiphilium-Like Bacteria from Acid Mine DrainageBacterial Oxidation of Elemental Sulfur: Changes in Oxidation KineticsQuantification of Microorganisms Involved in Cemented Layer Formation in Sulfidic Mine Waste Tailings (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany)Analysis of the Microbial Community in the Leachate Collected from an Experimental Bioleaching Column by Cloning and RFLPThe Diversity of Benthic Microorganisms in Acidic Mine Lake SedimentsMicrobial Diversity in an Iron Oxidation Tank of an AMD Treatment Plant at an Abandoned Sulphur MineReduction of Soluble and Solid Ferric Iron by Acidiphilium SJHDevelopment of an Extremophilic Iron Oxidizing Consortium and a Fixed Film Bioreactor for Generation of Ferric LixivientEnrichment of Chromium-Reducing Bacteria Using Potential-Controlled Electrochemical CultivationResearch on isc Operon in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270Effect of Sulphate Concentration on the Community Structure and Activity of Sulphate Reducing BacteriaKinetics of Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Moderately Thermophilic MicroorganismsHigh-Level Resistance to Cobalt and Nickel in Cuban Serratia marcescens Strains Isolated from Serpentine DepositsMicrobial Diversity in a Pilot Plant for Producing Iron HydroxysulfatesIron Homeostasis Strategies in Acidophilic Iron Oxidizers: Comparative Genomic AnalysesDiscovery of Small Regulatory RNAs Extends Our Understanding of Gene Regulation in the Acidithiobacillus GenusMonitoring of Microbial Community Inhabiting a Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Ore by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis of 16S rRNA GenesBacterial Activity at Low Temperature in Cultures Derived from a Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Bioleaching Heap at the Escondida Mine, ChileIsolation and Molecular Characterization of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in a Brazilian Acid Mine DrainageC-di-GMP Pathway in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: Analysis of Putative Diguanylate Cyclases (DGCs) and Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) Bifunctional ProteinsSearching for Useful Bacteria on Chalcopyrite Leaching from Japanese Abandoned MinesComparative Bioreduction of Fe(III) with Geobacter metallireducens and Bacillus infernusThe Use of CARD-FISH to Evaluate the Quantitative Microbial Ecology Involved in the Continuous Bioleaching of a Cobaltiferrous PyriteThe Effect of Multiple Stresses on Sulfolobus-like Cultures in Bioleaching Systems: Super-Imposing Stress Responses to Metal Concentration and Solids LoadingA New Acid-Stable, Fe-Oxidizing/O2-Reducing Supercomplex Spanning Both Inner and Outer Membranes, Isolated from the Extremophile AcidithiobacillusTransporter Protein Genes are Up-Regulated by Covellite in Acidithiobacillus thiooxidansUp- and Down-Regulated Genes in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Exposed to ChalcopyriteIsolation and Characterization of a Psychrotolerant Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Gold Mine in Zloty Stok, PolandArsenic Hypertolerant Bacteria Isolated from Gold Mine Rocks BiofilmsMicrobial Communities in Acid Mine Water from Two Different Copper Mines in ChinaIron Oxidation and Bioleaching Potential at Low TemperaturesMicrobial Community of the Talvivaara Demonstration-Scale BioheapIsolation and Characterisation of Microorganisms from Copper Bearing Black Shale of Lubin Mine (Poland)Analysis of the Microbial Community in an Acid Ground Water Characterized by Sulfate Reduction ActivityCharacterization of New Iron Oxidizing Bacteria from an Acid Mine Water Treatment PlantElemental Sulfur Oxidation in Acidiphilium spp.Sulfur Oxidation and Coupled Iron Reduction at Low TemperaturesComparison of Microbiological Populations of Mineral Heaps and Mine Wastes of Differing Ages in Active and Abandoned Copper MinesProteomic Studies in Acidthiobacillus ferrooxidans Cells Induced by Synthetic Acyl-Homoserine LactonesBiological Removal of Ions: Principles and ApplicationsLead and Gold Removal Using Sugar-Beet Pectin Gels with and without Immobilized Fucus VesiculosusA Novel Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Catalyst Using Palladized Biomass of Gram-negative and Gram-positive BacteriaSorption of Co Ions on Biogenic Mn Oxides Produced by a Mn-Oxidizing Fungus, Paraconiothyrium sp.-like StrainThe Role of Carotenoid Pigments in Cr(VI) Tolerance, Biosorption and Bioaccumulation by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa UCM Y-1776 and its MutantsBiosorption of Heavy Metals by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from a Petroleum Contaminated SiteWaste Biomass Characterization and Metal-Biomass Interactions StudyWaste Fungal Biomass for Mercury Biosorption ? Column StudiesRemoval of Copper and Uranium from Contaminated Waters in Biosorption ColumnsSorption of Copper Ions by Biogenic Iron SulphidesMercury Sorption on ChitosanHeavy Metal Tolerance and Copper Uptake in Yeast Isolated from Patagonia/ ArgentinaCharacterization of Cellulosic Biomass Loaded with Iron and Arsenic Using High Energy X-RaysBiorecovery of Gold from Jewellery Wastes by Escherichia Coli and Biomanufacture of Active Au-NanomaterialBiorecovery of Platinum Group Metals from Secondary SourcesA Novel Fuel Cell Catalyst for Clean Energy Production Based on a Bionanocatalyst