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Bacterial leaching

Biotechnology in the mining industry

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Bacterial leaching is the extraction of metals from their ores using microorganisms. Microbial technology offers an economic alternative for the mining industry, at a time when high-grade mineral resources are being depleted.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology College of Engineering, Vellore Insittute of Technology, Vellore 632 014 Tamil Nadu, India

    Preston Devasia (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    K. A. Natarajan (Chairman nnd Professor)

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Devasia, P., Natarajan, K.A. Bacterial leaching. Reson 9, 27–34 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837575

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