Bioleaching and Electrochemical Behavior of Chalcopyrite by a Mixed Culture at Low Temperature

Low-temperature biohydrometallurgy is implicated in metal recovery in alpine mining areas, but bioleaching using microbial consortia at temperatures <10°C was scarcely discussed. To this end, a mixed culture was used for chalcopyrite bioleaching at 6°C. The mixed culture resulted in a higher...

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Main Authors: Tangjian Peng, Wanqing Liao, Jingshu Wang, Jie Miao, Yuping Peng, Guohua Gu, Xueling Wu, Guanzhou Qiu, Weimin Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.663757/full