Metal bacteria – interaction: case of thiobacillus ferrooxidans and AU

• Main Author: Akmar Zakaria, Zainul
• Other Authors: Ahmad, Wan Azlina
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2010
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/22759/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This chapter emphasizes the surface properties of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (a locally isolated Gram negative bacterium from an Au mining environment) and its importance in the binding of Au. Studies conducted were aimed at determining the concentration of metal-binding sites present on the bacteria...