Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Microbial Community in the Tailings of a Pb-Zn Mine Generating Acidic Drainage | Zendy

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Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Microbial Community in the Tailings of a Pb-Zn Mine Generating Acidic Drainage

Author(s) -

LiNan Huang,

Wenhua Zhou,

Kevin B. Hallberg,

Cai-Yun Wan,

Jie Li,

Wensheng Shu

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.02458-10

Subject(s) - tailings , acid mine drainage , archaea , acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans , microbial population biology , environmental chemistry , environmental science , acidithiobacillus , drainage , tailings dam , bioleaching , geology , ecology , chemistry , metallurgy , biology , bacteria , materials science , copper , paleontology

Analysis of spatial and temporal variations in the microbial community in the abandoned tailings impoundment of a Pb-Zn mine revealed distinct microbial populations associated with the different oxidation stages of the tailings. Although Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Leptospirillum spp. were consistently present in the acidic tailings, acidophilic archaea, mostly Ferroplasma acidiphilum, were predominant in the oxidized zones and the oxidation front, indicating their importance to generation of acid mine drainage.

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