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Effect of iron (III) and its hydrolysis products (jarosites) onThiobacillus ferrooxidans growth and on bacterial leaching

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There is a significant inhibition of the growth ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans in the presence of iron (III), but this does not affect bacterial leaching. Moreover, the insoluble hydrolytic products (jarosites) have no influence, except from a mechanical point of view when they are generated ‘in situ’.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, 47 y 115 (1900), La Plata, Argentina

    Edgardo Donati

  2. Centro de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica, Cno. Centenario y 506, Casilla de Correo No 49, (1897), M.Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina

    Pascual Tedesco

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  1. Gustavo Curutchet
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Curutchet, G., Pogliani, C., Donati, E. et al. Effect of iron (III) and its hydrolysis products (jarosites) onThiobacillus ferrooxidans growth and on bacterial leaching. Biotechnol Lett 14, 329–334 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022333

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