Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium

Two enrichment cultures (one iron oxidizing and one sulfur oxidizing) obtained from an acid mine drainage were physiological and molecular characterized; the first of them showed 99% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with <i>Leptospirillum ferrooxidans</i>, while the sulfur oxidizing spe...

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Autores principales: Marchevsky, N., Urbieta, María Sofía, Bernardelli, Cecilia Elena, Mas, M., Donatia, E. R.
Formato: Articulo Preprint
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Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108497
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Zinc bioleaching
Biooxidation
Gold recovery
Indigenous consortia
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Zinc bioleaching
Biooxidation
Gold recovery
Indigenous consortia
Marchevsky, N.
Urbieta, María Sofía
Bernardelli, Cecilia Elena
Mas, M.
Donatia, E. R.
Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Zinc bioleaching
Biooxidation
Gold recovery
Indigenous consortia
description Two enrichment cultures (one iron oxidizing and one sulfur oxidizing) obtained from an acid mine drainage were physiological and molecular characterized; the first of them showed 99% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with <i>Leptospirillum ferrooxidans</i>, while the sulfur oxidizing species was highly related to <i>Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans</i> and <i>Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans</i> sequences although, unlike them, the species in the enrichment culture does not seem to be able to oxidize iron. The consortium constituted by both enrichment cultures achieved a successful biooxidation of Hualilan ore allowing the increase of gold recovery up to 96.4 % in the best culture condition (low pulp density in 1K medium). At the same time, this condition showed an effective zinc bioleaching (up to 86 %) although the recovery was much higher in cultures with initially supplemented iron; kinetics studies suggested that bioleaching rate in 1K medium at low pulp densities is controlled by diffusion through a layer mainly constituted by jarosite (rather than sulfur) which was detected in X-ray diffraction diagrams. The recovery of zinc as subproduct of the pretreatment to optimize gold recovery would also allow decrease the metallic charge of the leachates from the biooxidation tanks which is an environmental advantage.
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Preprint
author Marchevsky, N.
Urbieta, María Sofía
Bernardelli, Cecilia Elena
Mas, M.
Donatia, E. R.
author_facet Marchevsky, N.
Urbieta, María Sofía
Bernardelli, Cecilia Elena
Mas, M.
Donatia, E. R.
author_sort Marchevsky, N.
title Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
title_short Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
title_full Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
title_fullStr Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
title_full_unstemmed Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
title_sort zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
publishDate 2015
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108497
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