The resource island hypothesis predicts that soil resources such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and water will be distributed evenly in grasslands but have a patchy distribution focused around plants in shrublands. This hypothesis predicts that microorganism numbers will follow resources and be (i) evenly distributed in grasslands, (ii) concentrated around individual plants in shrublands, and (iii) h...

s of the talks 8 Session 1 Nanoparticles: Potentials in Application 9 Session 2 Bioleaching: From acid mine drainage to biomining 13 Session 3 Phytoextraction versus phytostabilization: Renewable energy production 18 Session 4 Microbial impact: Biominerals and Bioweathering 23 Session 5 Biosensing: Technologies for monitored natural attenuation 28 Session 6 Implications for geobiotechnologies 3...

In this study, effects of solid concentration, temperature, and initial Fe2+ concentration on bioleaching of sulfide mineral (chalcopyrite) obtained from Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine in the region of Kerman located in the south of Iran were investigated. A mesophilic iron oxidizing bacterium, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has been isolated from a typical chalcopyrite copper concentra...

The aim of the present work was to perform copper, nickel, and platinum group metals (PGMs) recovery from low-grade copper–nickel concentrate containing pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite by bioleaching in stirred tank reactors batch mode subsequent cyanidation. contained (%) Fe 32.7, Cu 0.7, Ni 2.3, Stotal 20.9, Ssulfide 17, 0.1 g/t Pt, 1.35 Pd. performed at 30 40 °C using two different mic...