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BIOHYDROMETALLURGY: FUNDAMENTALS, TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PARTS A AND B
Biohydrometallurgy: Fundamentals, Technology and Sustainable Development, Parts A and BBuy online with a credit card in the Elsevier Science & Technology Bookstore: External link http://books.elsevier.com/elsevier/?isbn=0444506233
Proceedings of the International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, IBS-2001, Held in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, September 16-19, 2001

Edited by
V.S.T. Ciminelli, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, R Espirito Santo 35/217, 30160-030 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
O. Garcia Jr., Dept. Bioquímica e Tecnologia Química, UNESP-Campus Araraquara, P.O. Box 355, 14801-970 Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil

Associate Editors:
M.C. Teixeira
R.P. de Carvalho
P.F. Pimentel

Included in series
Process Metallurgy, 11A /B

Description
Presenting the highlights of an international forum for scientific and engineering experts and students addressing the progress and applications of Biohydrometallurgy as it enters the new millennium.

Featuring the following Biohydrometallurgy related topics:
• Bioleaching Advances in Fundamentals and Mechanisms
• Bioleaching and Microorganisms: Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Bioleaching Operations
• Bioleaching of Metals from Wastes and Sludges
• Biosorption and Bioaccumulation
• Bioremediation- Fundamentals and Applications
• Analytical Techniques Applied to Biohydrometallurgy
• Biogeochemistry

The significant progress in understanding the bioleaching processes and applying new ideas to commercial applications and the increasing role of biohydrometallurgical processes in reducing the environmental impact of industrial activities are revealed in this interesting collection of selected papers.

Contents


Part A: Bioleaching, Microbiology, Molecular Biology.


Chapter 1. Bioleaching: Advances in Fundamentals and Mechanisms.
Evolution of the bacterial population during the batch bioleaching of a cobaltiferous pyrite in a suspended-solids bubble column, and comparison with a mechanically-agitated reactor (S. Foucher, F. Battaglia-Brunet, P. d'Hugues, M. Clarens, J.J. Godon, D. Morin). Role of microorganisms in surface chemical changes on sphalerite and galena (D. Santhiya, S. Subramanian, K.A. Natarajan). Response of microbial systems to thermal stress in biooxidation-heap pretreatment of refractory gold ores (J.A. Brierley). Electrobioleaching of polymetallic sea nodules to recover copper, nickel and cobalt (A. Kumari, K.A. Natarajan). Modeling of biooxidation of gold bearing pyrite-arsenopyrite concentrates by Acidithiobacilli ferrooxidans (M.N. Chandraprabha, J.M. Modak, A.M. Raichur, K.A. Natarajan). A combined two-step bioleaching process at moderately and extremely thermophilic temperatures (E.B. Lindström, A. Sandström, J.E. Sundkvist). A comparison of bioleaching of covellite using a pure culture of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans or a mixed culture of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans and Thiobacillus thiooxidans (L. Falco, C. Pogliani, G. Curutchet, E. Donati). HIOX® Project: a bioleaching process for the treatment of chalcopyrite concentrates using extreme thermophiles (P. d'Hugues, D. Morin, S. Foucher). Formation of metallic minerals in the presence of natural exopolymers or lipids (U. Hinze, M. Thies, P. Quitschau, T. Scheidt, H.H. Paradies). Experimental study of corrosion of two stainless steels during the oxidative bacterial dissolution of chalcopyrite using mass loss and electrochemical techniques (I. Ignatiadis, D. Morin). Pretreatment of a low grade refractory gold sulfide ore (Andacollo, Neuquén-Argentina) using an airlift reactor (P. Chiacchiarini, V. de La Fuente, E. Donati). Bioleaching assays using a synthetic nickel sulphide: (Ni3S2). Solid residues analysis and dissolution patterns (A. Giaveno, G. Pettinari, E. Donati). Basic studies on bioleaching of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite (Y. Rodríguez, A. Ballester-Pérez, M.L. Blázquez-Izquierdo, F. González, J.A. Muñoz). Two-dimensional dynamic model of a copper sulfide ore beds (M. Sidborn, J.M. Casas, J. Martínez, L. Moreno). How do bacteria interact with minerals? (F.K. Crundwell). Influence of flotation compounds on the bioleaching process using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (D.N.U. Valdivia, A.P. Chaves). Effect of pH on the biological leaching of a black schist ore containing multiple sulfide minerals (M. Riekkola-Vanhanen, C. Sivelä, F. Viguera, O.H. Tuovinen). Bioleaching of Cuban nickeliferous serpentinite (O. Coto, N. Bruguera, L. Abín, J. Gamboa, Y. Gomez). Bioreactor Engineering for treating refractory gold-bearing concentrates: An Indian Experience (K.A. Natarajan, J.M. Modak, A.M. Raichur). Bioleaching - a result of interfacial processes caused by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) (K. Kinzler, T. Gehrke, J. Telegdi, W. Sand). Respirometric study of the limited steps in the bacterial leaching of copper sulfide ores (J.V. Wiertz, T. Vargas, B. Escobar). The effect of solution chemistry on jarosite deposition during the leaching of chalcopyrite by the thermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus metallicus (M.B. Stott, H.R. Watling, P.D. Franzmann, D.C. Sutton). Biooxidation of arsenic refractory ores in the presence of polymer film (Z. Sadowski, E. Jazdzyk, T. Frabiszewska, J. Frabiszewska-Bajer). Modeling of batch bioleaching process using kriging interpolation (M.N. Gatti, R.H. Milocco, A. Giaveno).

Chapter 2. Bioleaching and Microorganisms: Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
Whole genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: metabolic reconstruction, heavy metal resistance and other characteristics (D.S. Holmes, M.N. Barreto, J. Valdes, C. Dominguez, C. Arriagada, S. Silver, S. Bueno, E. Jedlicki). Expression of the rus gene encoding rusticyanin in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC33020 (A. Yarzábal, K. Duquesne, V. Bonnefoy). Anaerobic iron respiration of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and its electron transfer protein (K. Sasaki, N. Ohmura, H. Saiki). A transposon-located arsenic resistance mechanism within the chromosome of the biomining bacterium, Acidithiobacillus caldus (P. de Groot, S.M. Deane, D.E. Rawlings). Characterisation of novel salt tolerant iron-oxidising bacteria (P.J. Holden, L.J. Foster, B.A. Neilan, G. Berra, Q.M. Vu). Two C4 type cytochromes in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans: structural comparison and functional role (M.T. Giudici-Orticoni, G. Leroy, W. Nitschke, C. Abergel, M. Bruschi). The membrane-bound C type cytochromes and the interaction between the downhill and uphill electron transfer pathways in the acidophilic chemolitotrophic ferrous ion-oxidizing bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (D. Lemesle-Meunier, G. Brasseur, P. Tron, D. Bennaroch, W. Nitschke, A. Elbehti). Respirometry methods for assessing microbial activity of thermophilic bioleaching Archaea (C.A. du Plessis, P. Barnard, K. Naldrett, R. Muhlbauer). Molecular characterization of mineral leaching bacteria from a gold mine in Ghana using PCR and RFLP (R.H. Asmah, C. Clement, K.M. Bosompem, M.D. Wilson, C.A. Brown, Y.D. Oseia, M.E. Addy). Proteomic and genomic strategy for the study of the extremely acidophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (M. Vera, N. Guiliani, P. Ramírez, S. Alvarez, C.A. Jerez). Microbiology and 16S rDNA molecular ecology of a polluting neutral mine drainage sediment (R.S. Perry, A.W.L. Dudeney, D.J. Leak). Polyphosphate metabolism in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (S. Cardona, F. Remonsellez, N. Guiliani, C.A. Jerez). Polyphosphates, polyphosphate kinase activity and ppk gene in the extremophilic bacterium Acidithiobacilus ferroxidans ATCC 19859 ( S. Alvarez, M. Vera, N. Guiliani, C.A. Jerez). Partial characterisation of a colored organic metabolite isolated from cultures of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans grown on elemental sulfur (P. Ceskova, Z. Zak, J. Havlis, D.B. Johnson, O. Janiczek, M. Mandl). Immobilization of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans cells in polyvinylchloride (PVC) turnings and glass rings (M.E.A.G. Oprime, O. Garcia Jr.). A solid culture medium of ferrocyande degrading microorganisms (J. Rivera, J.E. Hurtado). High rate iron oxidation in fluidized-bed bioreactors (P.H.-M. Kauppi, H.J. Hautakangas, J.A. Puhakka). Isolation and preliminary identification of some iron-and sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms from the Sarcheshmeh copper mine (S.A.S. Bagheri, H.R. Hassani). Kinetic properties of iron oxidation by two different types rusticyanin from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (C. Ida, K. Sasaki, N. Ohmura, R.C. Blake II, A. Ando, H. Saiki). Isolation of acidophilic bacteria from Agrio River, Neuquén-Argentina: the effects of temperature, pH and the presence of heavy metals (L. Lavalle, P. Chiacchiarini, E. Donati). Nucleotide sequence of a small cryptic plasmid from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain A-6 (F.F. Roberto). Aerobic and anaerobic sulfur metabolism by acidophilic bacteria (K.B. Hallberg, H.E.C. Thomson, I. Boeselt, D.B. Johnson). Novel acidophiles isolated from a constructed wetland receiving acid mine drainage (K.B. Hallberg, D.B. Johnson). Bioleaching of pyrite by defined mixed cultures of moderately thermophilic acidophiles (N. Okibe, D.B. Johnson). Electrolytic respiration supports aerobic and anaerobic bacterial growth (N. Ohmura, N. Matsumoto, K. Sasaki, H. Saiki). Role of pure and mixed cultures of Gram-positive eubacteria in mineral leaching (D.B. Johnson, P.B. Nicolau, N. Okibe, A. Yahya, K.B. Hallberg). Isolation and characterization of mineral oxidizing bacteria from the Sarcheshmeh and Darezar mining sites, Iran (S.A. Shajaosadati, H. Zelouei, M.N. Family, R. Khalilzadeh, A. Azimi, B. Nasernejad, I. Shahi). Improving the rate of bacterial oxidation of ferrous iron with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the pH range 2.5 - 5.0 (G. Meruane, T. Vargas). Mutagenesis by reverse genetics of the acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: construction of a recA mutant (Z. Liu, N. Guiliani, C. Appia-Ayme, F. Borne, J. Ratouchniak, V. Bonnefoy). Molecular diversity of cytochrome oxidase among physiologically different Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strains (T. Sugio, K. Iwahori, M. Takai, F. Takeuchi, K. Kamimura).

Chapter 3. Bioleaching Operations.
Biox® process - the São Bento experience (O.A. do Carmo, M.V. Lima, R.M.S. Guimarães). Important role of biohydrometallurgy in development of mineral resources in West of China (X.-wan Yang, Y. Lei). Batch reactor studies of the leaching of a pyrite/chalcopyrite concentrate using thermophilic bacteria (J. Petersen, D.G. Dixon, M. Timmins, R. Ruitenberg). Activation of bacteria in agglomerated ores by changing solution composition (B. Escobar, D. Lazo). Bioleaching of a mixed copper sulfide ore containing enargite and luzonite (G.J. Olson, T.R. Clark). Alternative pretreatments for gold-bearing refractory stibnite (S. Ubaldini, F. Vegliò, P. Fornari, R. Massidda, E. Esposito, C. Abbruzzese). Influence of high pulp density and its mode of addition on copper and zinc bioextraction from polymetallic concentrate: LSTR study (S.R. Dave, D.R. Tipre, S.B. Vora). Bioleaching of an arsenic-bearing copper concentrate (C. Inoue, K. Suto, M. Terashima, T. Takeshima, T. Chida). Microbial heap leaching of copper and gold from a sulphide ore (S.N. Groudev, I.I. Spasova, K. Komnitsas, I. Paspaliaris). Growth of a native Thiobacillus ferrooxidans strain in mine tailings (H. Medrano-Roldán, B.P. Cháves-González, A. Solís-Soto, J. Morales-Castro, L.A. Ochoa, Martínez, M. Rocha-Fuentes, B. Pereyra-Alférez, L.J. Galán-Wong, G.D. Ramírez-Rodríguez, R.T. Dávila-Flores). Author Index Part A. Author Index Part B. Subject Index Part A. Subject Index Part B.

Part B: Biosorption and Bioremediation.


Chapter 1. Bioleaching of Metals from Wastes and Sludges.
Application of an acidophilic culture from a refinery sulphur pool to the bioleaching of metal ladden refinery waste (M.J. Moura, J. Sousa, M. Costa-Ferreira). Dissolution of heavy metals from spent batteries under waste landfill conditions (M.I.F. Macêdo, P.S.M. Soares, R.B.E. Trindade). Effects of temperature on bioleaching of metals from anaerobic sewage sludge by acidophilic sulphur-oxidizing bacteria (L.D. Villar, A. dos Santos, J.C. Rocha, O. Garcia Jr.). The effects of bioleaching on zinc speciation in municipal sewage sludge (A.T. Lombardi, O. Garcia Jr.). Metal bioleaching from sewage sludge in waste water treatment plant (R. Matlakowska, A. Sklodowska). Metal leaching of fly ash from incineration wastes by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (Y.P. Ting, S.Y. Wong, E. Senior, H.Y. Wu). Titanium release during water leaching of a copper ore flotation residue (M.M. Jaworska, E. Guibal).

Chapter 2. Biosorption and Bioaccumulation.
Biosorption: application aspects - process simulation tools (B. Volesky). Metal removal by activated sludge (D. Lie, S. Wu, L. Wang, J.P. Chen, Y.P. Ting). Cadmium and copper biosorption on Sphaerotilus natans: influence of pH and biomass concentration on the biosorption modeling (A. Esposito, F. Pagnanelli, F. Beolchini, V. Dovì, F. Vegliò). Heavy metal ions removal by yeasts biomass (T. Kasatkina, M. Fomina, E. Ignatova, S. Nagornaya, V. Podgorsky). Cadmium extraction with Cyanex 302-impregnated chitosan beads (L. Fournel, R. Navarro, I. Saucedo, E. Guibal). Gold sorption on chitosan derivatives (M.L. Arrascue, H.M. Garcia, O. Horna, E. Guibal). Removal of chromium with Ecklonia biosorbent (D. Park, Y.S. Yun, J.M. Park). Biosorption of erbium and ytterbium using biomass of microorganisms (M.C. Palmieri, O. Garcia Jr.). Biosorption modeling in batch and membrane reactor systems: pH effect and chemico-physical degradation (F. Pagnanelli, F. Beolchini, A. Esposito, L. Toro, F. Vegliò). Biosorption of mercury in aquatic environments by the brown marine algae Sargassum fluitans (T.A. Davis, C.-E. Martimbeau, A. Mucci, B. Volesky). Influence of hydrolysis reactions on vanadium (V) Adsorption using chitosan (J. Guzmán, I. Saucedo, R. Navarro, J. Revilla, E. Guibal). Dye adsorption by quarternized crosslinked cellulose made from agricultural wastes (P. Chawakitchareon, L. Yavirach, B. Panyapinyopol). The effect of impurities on metal biosorption (Y.S. Yun, H. Niu, B. Volesky). Biosorption of anionic metal species (H. Niu, B. Volesky). Biosorption of Cr(VI) in algae biomass: kinetic study (A.M. Hayashi, W.B. Amorim, D.M. Pereira, P.F. Pimentel, M.G.C. da Silva). Lead biosorption in "Arribadas" algal biomass (V.G.S. Diniz, V.L. da Silva, E.S. de Lima, C.M.A. de Abreu). Use of waste biomass for decontamination of liquid effluents by biosorption (J.M. Lezcano, F. González, I. Pérez, M.L. Blázquez-Izquierdo, J.A. Muñoz, A. Ballester-Pérez, A. Hammaini). Sorption of pollutants by aquatic plant biomasses (C.A. Costa, T.H. Ribeiro, C.A. Kallfez, I.A.H. Schneider, J. Rubio). Specific Cr+++ sequestering using an acidophilic fungal isolate (C. Durán, C. Sargeant, N. Rodriguez, R. Amils). Biosorption of nickel, cobalt and zinc by Serratia marcescens strain 7 and enterobacter agglomerans strain 16 (Y. Gómez, O. Coto, C. Hernández, J. Marrero, L. Abín). Chromate extraction with Aliquat 336 using chitosan-made hollow fibers (T. Vincent, E. Guibal). Biosorption and biological reduction of chromium by microbial biomass in batch and pilot scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) (A. Hatzikioseyian, E. Remoudaki, M. Tsezos). Bioaccumulation of manganese for water treatment with carbon fiber (K. Sasaki, M. Endo, K. Kurosawa, H. Konno).

Chapter 3. Bioremediation - Fundamentals, Applications and Ecology.
Acid Reduction Using Microbiology (ARUM) treating AMD effluent emerging from an abandoned mine portal (M. Kalin, W.L.C. Chaves). Abatement of acid rock drainage - results of a six-year-project in the framework of a German-Romanian scientific cooperation (P.G. Jozsa, A. Schippers, W. Sand, Z.M. Kovacs, A.A. Nagy, M. Jelea). Demonstration of the use of algal biomass to drive bacterial sulfate reduction using wetland microflora (R.A. Russell, P.J. Holden, K.L. Wilde, B.A. Neilan). Heavy metals removal by sand filters inoculated with metal sorbing and precipitating bacteria (L. Diels, P.H. Spaans, S. Van Roy, L. Hooyberghs, H. Wouters, E. Walter, J. Winters, L.E. Macaskie, J. Finlay, B. Pernfuss, H. Woebking, T. Pümpel). Recovery of Pd and Pt from liquid wastes and spent automotive catalysts using Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in a flow-through electrobioreactor (P. Yong, M. Paterson-Beedle, N.A. Rowson, J.P.G. Farr, I.R. Harris, L.E. Macaskie). Effective reduction and removal of Cr(VI) and reductive dehalogenation of chlorophenol by hybrid bioinorganic catalytic processes (A.N. Mabbett, P. Yong, V.S. Baxter-Plant, I.P. Mikheenko, J.P.G. Farr, L.E. Macaskie). Bioreduction of Cr(VI) by Microbacterium liquefaciens isolated from tannery waste, and use of immobilised cells for continuous removal of Cr(VI) (P. Pattanapipitpaisal, J.L. Hobman, N.L. Brown, L.E. Macaskie). Bioreduction of tellurite to elemental tellurium by Pseudomonas mendocina MCM B-180 (J.M. Rajwade, K.M. Paknikar). Acid mine water treatment: a laboratory scale study (H. Kilty, J. Roussy, J.M. Tobin, J.R. Degorce-Dumas). Bioprecipitation of soluble As and Fe ions (H. Kilty, D. Moran, J. Roussy, J.M. Tobin, C. Drakides, J.R. Degorce-Dumas). Treatment of iron oxalate leachates by anaerobic sludge blanket techniques in the presence and absence of sulphate (A.W.L. Dudeney, I.I. Tarasova, A. Narayanan). Biotechnological neutralization of cyanides and thiocyanates in cyanidation tails of gold ores and concentrates (N.V. Grigorjeva, T.F. Kondratjeva, E.E. Savari, G.V. Sedel'nikova, G.I. Karavaiko). Biological detoxification of nickel-cyanide from industrial effluents (Y.B. Patil, K.M. Paknikar). Biological hydrogen sulfide production for selective recovery of base metals (R. Ruitenberg, K. de Hoop, C.J.N. Buisman). Study on the ability of isolated and collection strains to degrade cyanide: an application for the remediation of heap-leaching residues and effluents (I. Razo, S. López, C. Lara, M. Monroy). A kinetic study on anaerobic sulphate reduction - effect of temperature (S. Moosa, M. Nemati, S.T.L. Harrison). Studies on biodegradation of organic flotation collectors using Bacillus polymyxa (E. Chockalingam, S. Subramanian, K.A. Natarajan). Microbial removal of oil, heavy metals and arsenic from a contaminated soil (V.I. Groudeva, S.N. Groudev, A.S. Doycheva). Sulfate-reducing suspension and biofilm reactors for acidic sulfate and metal containing Wastewaters (A.H. Kaksonen, M.-L. Riekkola-Vanhanen, J.A. Puhakka). The treatment of acid lignite mine flooding water by means of microbial sulfate reduction in a fixed bed column reactor system (F. Glombitza, F. Karnatz, E. Janneck, H. Fischer). Physico-chemical and biological evaluation of the efficacy of in situ metal inactivation in contaminated soils by soil additives and phytoextraction (J. Vangronsveld, L. Diels, N. Spelmans, H. Clijsters, E. Adriaensens, R. Carleer, L. Van Poucke, M. Mergeay, P. Corbisier, J. Bierkens, D. van der Lelie). Bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated soils with a biometal sludge reactor (BMSR) (L. Diels, M. De Smet, L. Hooyberghs, L. Kinnaer, P. Corbisier, G. Brox). Passive treatment of acid solutions from bioleaching processes (E. Patiño). Biological versus abiotic oxidation of iron in acid mine drainage waters: an important role for moderately acidophilic, iron-oxidising bacteria (F. Dennison, A.M. Sen, K.B. Hallberg, D.B. Johnson). In situ bioprecipitation of heavy metals in groundwater (L. Diels, D. van der Lelie, J. Gemoets, D. Springael, J. Geets, J. Vos, L. Bastiaens). Studies on the leaching behaviour of heterotrophic microorganisms isolated from an alkaline slag dump (S. Willscher, K. Bosecker).

Chapter 4. Analytical Techniques Applied to Biohydrometallurgy.
Magnetic testing of Pd loaded bacteria (I.P. Mikheenko, P.M. Mikheenko, C.N.W. Darlington, C.M. Muirhead, L.E. Macaskie). Development of rapid, portable immunoassays for heavy metals in acid mine drainage (D.A. Blake, H. Yu, R.C. Blake II). A simple and rapid method for arsenite and arsenate speciation (M.-C. Lett, K.M. Paknikar, D. Lievremont). An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for study of the mechanism of chalcopyrite leaching (A. Parker, C. Klauber, H.R. Watling, W. van Bronswijk). Infrared spectroscopic study of the biosorption by dried leaves (J.R. Freitas, A.-M.G. de Sousa, R.L. Moreira, G.D.C.M. Salazar, R.P. de Carvalho). Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy applied to biosorption (A.-M.G. de Sousa, M.V.B. Pinheiro, J.R. Freitas, R.P. de Carvalho). Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans adhere to different sites on the surface of pyrite (A. Bengrine, N. Ohmura, R.C. Blake II). How to quantify bioavailability of heavy metals in soils: A multidisciplinary approach (P. Corbisier, C. Cornelis, D. van der Lelie, J. Vangronsveld, M. Mench, L. Diels). Surface characterisation of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans cells grown under different conditions (P.K. Sharma, A. Das, K.H. Rao, K.A. Natarajan, K.S.E. Forssberg). Three dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of citrobacter biofilm reactors used for a metal accumulation process (M. Paterson-Beedle, K.P. Nott, L.E. Macaskie, L.D. Hall). Valence states of iron in plants determined by Mössbauer spectroscopy (J. Fabián, J. Bravo, J.L. López, R. Paniago, H.D. Pfannes). Bacterial and chemical oxidation of marcasite and pyrite (T.M. Bhatti, J.M. Bigham, O.H. Tuovinen).

Chapter 5. Biogeochemistry.
Coupling bio-geochemical processes to regenerative energy for an industrial carbon cycle (H. Tributsch). Geomicrobiology of the tinto river, a model of interest for biohydrometallurgy (E. González-Toril, F. Gómez, N. Rodríguez, D. Fernández-Remolar, J. Zuluaga, I. Marín, R. Amils). Bioleaching of uranium from sandstone ore by Aspergillus niger (T.M. Bhatti, T. Yasmin). Study of the influence of the ion Ag+ in the chalcopyrite bioleaching using mesophilic and moderate thermophilic microorganisms (A. López-Juárez, R.E. Rivera-Santillán, A. Ballester-Pérez, M.L. Blázquez-Izquierdo, J.A. Muñoz-Sánchez).

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