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Low temperature, autotrophic microbial denitrification using thiosulfate or thiocyanate as electron donor
Wastewaters generated during mining and processing of metal sulfide ores are often acidic (pH
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Flavobacterium
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Thiobacillus
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Comamonadaceae
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Flavobacterium
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Thiobacillus
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| subjects | Acidic oxides Acidification Aerobiosis Alignment Ambient temperature Ammonium Ammonium compounds Anaerobiosis Aquatic Pollution Autotrophic Processes - drug effects Biodegradation, Environmental - drug effects Biomedical and Life Sciences Bioreactors - microbiology Bioremediation Climate Cold Temperature Consortia Cultures Cyanidation Denitrification Denitrification - drug effects Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA sequences DNA sequencing Electrons Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Eutrophication Explosives Geochemistry Gold Heavy metals Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Identification Life Sciences Low cost Low temperature Microbial activity Microbiology Microorganisms Mikrobiologi Mine tailings Mine wastes Mineral industry Mineral nutrients Minerals Mining Mining industry Nitrate reduction Nitrites Nitrogen Nitrogen compounds Nucleotide sequencing Nutrients Ores Original Paper Oxidation Phylogeny Plant extracts Pollutants Ponds Populations Reduction (metal working) Sequencing Soil Science & Conservation Sulfides Sulfur Sulfur compounds Sulphides Temperature effects Terrestrial Pollution Tetrathionate Thiocyanates - pharmacology Thiosulfate Thiosulfates - pharmacology Waste Management/Waste Technology Waste Water Technology Wastes Wastewater Water Management Water Pollution Control Water treatment |
| title | Low temperature, autotrophic microbial denitrification using thiosulfate or thiocyanate as electron donor |
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