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SUBMITTER: Niu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5048113 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Niu Jiaojiao J Deng Jie J Xiao Yunhua Y He Zhili Z Zhang Xian X Van Nostrand J D JD Liang Yili Y Deng Ye Y Liu Xueduan X Yin Huaqun H
Scientific reports 20161004
Bioleaching has been employed commercially to recover metals from low grade ores, but the production efficiency remains to be improved due to limited understanding of the system. This study examined the shift of microbial communities and S&Fe cycling in three subsystems within a copper ore bioleaching system: leaching heap (LH), leaching solution (LS) and sediment under LS. Results showed that both LH and LS had higher relative abundance of S and Fe oxidizing bacteria, while S and Fe reducing ba ...[more]