Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation–part A

M Vera, A Schippers, S Hedrich, W Sand - Applied microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Bioleaching of metal sulfides is performed by diverse microorganisms. The dissolution of
metal sulfides occurs via two chemical pathways, either the thiosulfate or the polysulfide …

Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation—part A

M Vera, A Schippers, W Sand - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Bioleaching of metal sulfides is performed by a diverse group of microorganisms. The
dissolution chemistry of metal sulfides follows two pathways, which are determined by the …

Acid mine drainage formation and arsenic mobility under strongly acidic conditions: Importance of soluble phases, iron oxyhydroxides/oxides and nature of oxidation …

CB Tabelin, RD Corpuz, T Igarashi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) formation and toxic arsenic (As) pollution are serious
environmental problems encountered worldwide. In this study, we investigated the crucial …

The geologic history of primary productivity

PW Crockford, YMB On, LM Ward, R Milo, I Halevy - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The rate of primary productivity is a keystone variable in driving biogeochemical cycles
today and has been throughout Earth's past. 1 For example, it plays a critical role in …

[KÖNYV][B] Stable isotope geochemistry

J Hoefs, J Hoefs - 2009 - Springer
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Cyanobacterial polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): screening, optimization and characterization

S Ansari, T Fatma - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
In modern life petroleum-based plastic has become indispensable due to its frequent use as
an easily available and a low cost packaging and moulding material. However, its rapidly …

Co-existence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction with common substrates in sulfate-rich estuarine sediments

M Sela-Adler, Z Ronen, B Herut, G Antler… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The competition between sulfate reducing bacteria and methanogens over common
substrates has been proposed as a critical control for methane production. In this study, we …

Biomining: metal recovery from ores with microorganisms

A Schippers, S Hedrich, J Vasters, M Drobe… - … I: Metal-related Issues, 2014 - Springer
Biomining is an increasingly applied biotechnological procedure for processing of ores in
the mining industry (biohydrometallurgy). Nowadays the production of copper from low …

Triple oxygen isotope evidence for limited mid-Proterozoic primary productivity

PW Crockford, JA Hayles, H Bao, NJ Planavsky… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The global biosphere is commonly assumed to have been less productive before the rise of
complex eukaryotic ecosystems than it is today. However, direct evidence for this assertion …

Claypool continued: Extending the isotopic record of sedimentary sulfate

PW Crockford, M Kunzmann, A Bekker, J Hayles… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Proterozoic Eon spans Earth's middle age during which many important
transitions occurred. These transitions include the oxygenation of the atmosphere …