The widely distributed Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans) lives in extremely
acidic conditions by fixing CO 2 and nitrogen, and by obtaining energy from Fe 2+ oxidation …

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite
of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key …

Biological solutions hold unique advantages to address challenges in sustainable energy.
Living organisms have evolved for billions of years to solve problems in catalysis, material …

The leaching of minerals is one of the main unit operations in the metal dissolution process,
and in turn it is a process that generates fewer environmental liabilities compared to …

To date, uranium is one of the most crucial critical metals and a high supply-demand gap is
forecasted in the coming years. However, the upsurging interest in uranium in nuclear fuel …

Due to depletion of high-grade deposits of uranium and generation of large quantities of
tailings produced by mining and metallurgical activities, there is a need to find an …

In situ recovery (ISR) has become an increasingly utilized technology worldwide for the
economical extraction of uranium (U). Microorganisms play a significant role in U …

A mesophilic acidophilic consortium was enriched from acid mine drainage samples
collected from several uranium mines in China. The performance of the consortium in …

Acid bioleaching of Al by Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans has been explored as an
environmentally friendly pretreatment to facilitate the extraction of platinum group metals …

In this study, the effects of bio-oxidative leaching on several synthetic uranium minerals–
Uraninite [UO 2], Pitchblende [U 3 O 8], Coffinite [USiO 4], Brannerite [UTi 2 O 6] and Betafite …