The anthropogenic activities in agriculture, industrialization, mining, and metallurgy
combined with the natural weathering of rocks, have led to severe contamination of soils by …

Industrial biomining processes to extract copper, gold and other metals involve the use of
extremophiles such as the acidophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Bacteria), and the …

Recent molecular surveys have advanced our understanding of the forces shaping the large-
scale ecological distribution of microbes in Earth's extreme habitats, such as hot springs and …

Microbial solubilizing of metals in acid environments is successfully used in industrial
bioleaching of ores or biomining to extract metals such as copper, gold, uranium and others …

The most exciting advances in biohydrometallurgy are occurring in the field of microbiology.
The two main technologies employed in biohydrometallurgy, agitated tanks for the …

Industrial biomining has been extensively used for many years to recover valuable metals
such as copper, gold, uranium and others. Furthermore, microorganisms involved in these …

We identified and quantified abundant iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) at three iron-rich,
metal-contaminated creek sites with increasing sediment pH from extremely acidic (R1, pH …

Release of dye-containing textile wastewater into the environment causes severe pollution
with serious consequences on aquatic life. Bioremediation of dyes using thermophilic …

Abstract Chalcopyrite bioleaching by 2, 4 and 6 acidophilic strains with the same inoculation
density were studied, respectively. The results indicated that the 6-strain community firstly …

Abstract Mesophilic bacteria (Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans,
and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans) and moderate thermophiles (Acidithiobacillus caldus and …