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[http://books.google.com/books?id=2uvHg43YTiUC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=acid+solubility+of+copper+minerals&source=bl&ots=ZfCHMw_8qX&sig=ae3F58Qvvo1q8YKFoXtj1Polknw&hl=en&ei=Ct-1TaC-O4P00gHr2KCrCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true Iasillo E (1999) Metallurgical test program for copper leaching projects. In ''Copper Leaching, Extraction, and Electrowinning Techniques'', ed. Jergensen GV. 124-128. Littleton: SME.]
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2uvHg43YTiUC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=acid+solubility+of+copper+minerals&source=bl&ots=ZfCHMw_8qX&sig=ae3F58Qvvo1q8YKFoXtj1Polknw&hl=en&ei=Ct-1TaC-O4P00gHr2KCrCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true Iasillo E (1999) Metallurgical test program for copper leaching projects. In ''Copper Leaching, Extraction, and Electrowinning Techniques'', ed. Jergensen GV. 124-128. Littleton: SME.]
[Leduc LG and Ferroni GD (1994) The chemolithotrophic bacterium ''Thiobacillus ferrooxidans''. ''FEMS Microbiology Reviews'' 14:103-120. 'lkjlkj']
Leduc LG and Ferroni GD (1994) The chemolithotrophic bacterium ''Thiobacillus ferrooxidans''. ''FEMS Microbiology Reviews'' '''14''':103-120.


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A copper bioleaching plant in Uganda. (http://promine.gtk.fi/about/WorkPackage4.html)

Introduction


By Andrew Gipson

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Section 1


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Mechanism of Bacterial Leaching

Copper is not a metabolite of At. ferrooxidans, so the bacteria is not directly responsible for the solubilization of copper. Rather, it occurs through an abiotic reaction between the copper ores and the ferric ions and protons produced by the metabolic activities of the bacteria.

Bacterial Metabolic Reactions

At. ferrooxidans has a diverse set of metabolic processes that allow it to be a lithoautotroph, but the most economically important activity this bacterium performs is the oxidation of ferrous iron (Fe2+) to ferric iron (Fe3+) and the oxidation of elemental sulfur (So) to sulfuric acid (H2SO4).

Section 3


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Conclusion


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References

Iasillo E (1999) Metallurgical test program for copper leaching projects. In Copper Leaching, Extraction, and Electrowinning Techniques, ed. Jergensen GV. 124-128. Littleton: SME. Leduc LG and Ferroni GD (1994) The chemolithotrophic bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 14:103-120.

Edited by student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2011, Kenyon College.