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Effect of mineral acids on iron bacteria
Author(s) -
Barbić F. F.,
Bracilović D. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19750150502
Subject(s) - thiobacillus ferrooxidans , chemistry , bacteria , mineral , thiobacillus , nuclear chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , sulfur , genetics
Abstract The oxidative ability of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in the presence of different concentrations of H 2 SO 4 , HCl, HNO 3 , and their mixtures was investigated. Bacteriological oxidation of FeSO 4 is expressed as a function of time and acid concentration. For each acid and for their mixtures lethal concentrations for T. ferrooxidans were found experimentally. On the basis of the lethal concentration for each acid separately the lethal concentrations of their mixtures were computed and it was found that they are in good agreement with the experimental data.