Development of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 19859 strains tolerant to copper and zinc

Brahmaprakash, GP and Devasia, Preston and Jagadish, KS and Natarajan, KA and Rao, Ramananda G (1988) Development of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 19859 strains tolerant to copper and zinc. In: Bulletin of Materials Science, 10 (5). pp. 461-465.

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Abstract

A study was carried out to develop strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 19859 tolerant to higher levels of heavy metal ions. Strains of T. ferrooxidans capable of growing in $Cu^{2+}$ (30 g/L) and $Zn^{2+}$ (60 g/L) have been obtained. The ability of strains tolerant to either copper or zinc to grow in medium containing both the metals has been examined. The copper-tolerant strain (25 g/L) grows better in the medium containing both metals ($Cu^{2+}$ 25 g/L and $Zn^{2+}$ 40 g/L) compared to the zinc-tolerant strain (40 g/L).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Bulletin of Materials Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Thiobacillus ferrooxidans;tolerance to copper;tolerance to zinc;iron oxidation
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	29 Feb 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:42
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13141

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