Kinetics and community profiling of sulfate-reducing bacteria in organic carbon treated mine tailings

Acid rock drainage (ARD) poses a significant health and environmental hazard worldwide via the discharge of highly acidic waters and potentially toxic levels of mobile metals. This is a result of weathering and microbial oxidation of pyretic minerals present in mine tailings. Sulfate reducing bacter...

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Main Author: McBroom, Mark David
Language:en
Published: 2005
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/mcbroom/McBroomM0505.pdf