Since the discovery of microbiological metal dissolution, numerous biohydrometallurgical
approaches have been developed to use microbially assisted aqueous extractive metallurgy …

The rapid industrial revolution significantly increased heavy metal pollution, becoming a
major global environmental concern. This pollution is considered as one of the most harmful …

Biomining with acidophilic microorganisms has been used at commercial scale for the
extraction of metals from various sulfide ores. With metal demand and energy prices on the …

The organisms surviving in extreme environments deploy system support including self-
protection, and energy distribution to counter extreme environmental stresses. The …

Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world and its combustion accompanies with the
emission of SO X, which is responsible for serious environmental problems. To reduce the …

Copper is a strategic raw material widely needed for electrification. One possibility to
diversify the supply to answer the market demand is to produce copper with in situ …

Members of the genus Acidithiobacillus, which can adapt to extremely high concentrations of
heavy metals, are universally found at acid mine drainage (AMD) sites. Here, we performed …

Acidihalobacter is a genus of acidophilic, gram-negative bacteria known for its ability to
oxidize pyrite minerals in the presence of elevated chloride ions, a capability rare in other …

For most acidophilic iron-oxidizing bioleaching microorganisms, chloride ions are toxic even
at low concentrations since they are able to induce an acidification of the cytoplasm and …

There are few naturally occurring environments where both acid and salinity stress exist
together, consequently, there has been little evolutionary pressure for microorganisms to …