This work presents the molecular foundation of a consortium of five efficient bacteria strains
isolated from copper mines currently used in state of the art industrial-scale biotechnology …

Background Metal sulfide mineral dissolution during bioleaching and acid mine drainage
(AMD) formation creates an environment that is inhospitable to most life. Despite dominance …

In Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, proteins such as CcO are present in the electron transport
pathway. They cause ferrous iron oxidation to ferric leading to the electron release. CcO has …

Simple Summary The application of extremophilic, acidophilic microbial populations for the
bio-oxidation of gold-bearing sulfide concentrates in industry is a source of great interest in …

A wide-host-range plasmid pTRUS containing a homologous rus gene under the control of
Ptac promoter was constructed and transferred into Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans …

The response of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 to copper was analyzed in
sulfur-grown cells by using quantitative proteomics. Fortyseven proteins showed altered …

Biooxidation of gold-bearing arsenopyrite concentrates, using acidophilic microbial
communities, is among the largest commercial biohydrometallurgical processes. However …

A cidithiobacillus ferrooxidans plays an important role in bioleaching in reproducing the
mineral oxidant of ferric iron (F e3+) by oxidization of ferrous iron (F e2+). The high …

The composition and distribution of elements within extracellular polymeric substances
(EPS) and intracellular granules in three species of sulphur and/or iron oxidising microbes …

In Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, one of the most important bioleaching bacterial species,
the proteins encoded by the rus operon are involved in the electron transfer from Fe 2+ to O …