From exploration to remediation: A microbial perspective for innovation
For bio-oxidative gold recovery, the sulfidic minerals that contain the gold are solubilised by the microorganisms, exposing the gold and making it available for secondary chemical processing (cyanide or thiosulfate leaches).
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Isolation and characterization of mercury-resistant microbes from gold
Morphological and physiological characteristic of Mercury-resistant microbes isolated from gold mine area in Mount Pongkor Characteristic Cell Morphology Colony Shape Colony Elevation Colony Margin Colony Color Colony Size Gram stain PH Oxygen using Motility Catalase Oxidase Citric acid Glucose Lactose Sucrose TSIA medium Note: n/d: undefined ...
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Mining: Bacteria with Midas touch for efficient gold processing
Special 'nugget-producing' bacteria may hold the key to more efficient processing of gold ore, mine tailings and recycled electronics, as well as aid in exploration for new …
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Gold-digging bacterium makes precious particles | Nature
Microbes produce gold to avoid being poisoned. Gold nuggets host bacteria that use biochemical tricks to bypass the metal's toxicity. Credit: Bertrand Rieger/Hemis/Corbis. …
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Bacteria Found to Thrive on Gold | Scientific American
A species of bacterium forms nanoscale gold nuggets to help it to grow in toxic solutions of the precious metal, reports a paper published online today in Nature Chemical Biology.
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Microbe-mediated sustainable bio-recovery of gold from …
Here, biological gold biomining refers to the microbe assisted mining of gold, in which microorganisms or its components are used to extract metal ions from low grade ores or wastes. It has already been implicated industrially to process sulfidic and uranium ores, but its promising potential against other metals has been confined to lab scale ...
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Microbiology: There's gold in them there bugs | Nature
Take a solution of gold chloride, a compound toxic to most forms of life. Add a colony of Cupriavidus metallidurans, one of the few bacteria able to survive amid compounds …
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Mining: Bacteria with Midas touch for efficient gold …
Special 'nugget-producing' bacteria may hold the key to more efficient processing of gold ore, mine tailings and recycled electronics, as well as aid in exploration for new deposits,...
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Microbe-mediated sustainable bio-recovery of gold from …
This review aims to discuss the current promising microbe-mediated approaches used to bio-mine gold from e-wastes and low-grade ores. At present, conventional chemical methods are still the chief method of gold mining due to their high recovery rate within short …
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Microbe-mediated sustainable bio-recovery of gold from …
The mechanism of gold biorecovery by microbes is explained in detail to explore its intracellular mechanistic, which help it withstand high concentrations of gold without causing any fatal ...
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From exploration to remediation: A microbial perspective for …
For bio-oxidative gold recovery, the sulfidic minerals that contain the gold are solubilised by the microorganisms, exposing the gold and making it available for secondary …
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Microbiology: There's gold in them there bugs | Nature
Take a solution of gold chloride, a compound toxic to most forms of life. Add a colony of Cupriavidus metallidurans, one of the few bacteria able to survive amid compounds of heavy metals in...
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Mining with Microbes
Microbes are playing increasingly important roles in commercial mining operations, where they are being used in the "bioleaching" of copper, uranium, and gold ores. Direct …
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Mining With Microbes
Harnessing microbes to do mining work is called biomining, or sometimes bioextraction or bioleaching. The strategy has been most extensively studied for copper and gold: Colorado-based mining consultant Corale L. Brierley estimates that 10 to 15% of copper and 5% of gold worldwide are currently being harvested through biomining.
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[PDF] Mining with Microbes
Bacterial cells are used to detoxify the waste cyanide solution from gold-mining operations and as "absorbants" of the mineral cations, and may replace activated carbon or alternative biomass. Microbes are playing increasingly important roles in commercial mining operations, where they are being used in the "bioleaching" of copper, uranium, and gold ores. …
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The role of microorganisms in gold processing and recovery—A review
Microorganisms can contribute to the recovery and/or loss of gold by decreasing the solubility of gold through biosorption and accumulation, reductive precipitation, ligand utilisation and by using gold as a micronutrient for enzymes.
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Gold-digging bacterium makes precious particles | Nature
Microbes produce gold to avoid being poisoned. Gold nuggets host bacteria that use biochemical tricks to bypass the metal's toxicity. Credit: Bertrand Rieger/Hemis/Corbis. Gold prospectors...
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Mining With Microbes
Harnessing microbes to do mining work is called biomining, or sometimes bioextraction or bioleaching. The strategy has been most extensively studied for copper and gold: Colorado-based mining consultant Corale L. …
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Mining with Microbes
Microbes are playing increasingly important roles in commercial mining operations, where they are being used in the "bioleaching" of copper, uranium, and gold ores. Direct leaching is when...
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The role of microorganisms in gold processing and …
Microorganisms can contribute to the recovery and/or loss of gold by decreasing the solubility of gold through biosorption and accumulation, reductive precipitation, ligand …
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Biotechnology: using microbes as mining equipment
"With microbes, because we're talking about genomes in their tens of thousands, that's a lot of extra information that could potentially be pulled into a geological model." During recent research work, Reakes came across technical paper on a microbe that can transform gold from its mineral state by consuming it to create a nanoparticle ...
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Detoxifying gold mining
There are microbes living in ecosystems without a lot of oxygen — underwater, for example — that are very efficient at converting mercury into a compound called methyl mercury, which is the form of mercury that causes neurotoxic impacts. ... In gold mining, "artisanal" refers to the rudimentary techniques and technology used. ...
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A Snapshot of the Microbiome of a Portuguese Abandoned Gold Mining …
The main goal of this study was to apply high-throughput sequencing methods to study the microbiome (Bacteria and Fungi) and predict their functional/metabolic profiles in an abandoned Portuguese gold mining area (considering zones without a history of mining, the tailings and the flooded mine interior).
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A Snapshot of the Microbiome of a Portuguese …
The main goal of this study was to apply high-throughput sequencing methods to study the microbiome (Bacteria and Fungi) and predict their functional/metabolic profiles in an abandoned Portuguese gold mining …
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Heavy Metal Pollution from Gold Mines: Environmental …
This review focuses on the effects of heavy metal wastes generated from gold mining activities on the environment and the various mechanisms used by bacteria to counteract the effect of these heavy metals in their immediate environment. ... Rawlings, D.E. Heavy metal mining using microbes 1. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 2002, 56, 65–91.
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Bacteria Found to Thrive on Gold | Scientific …
A species of bacterium forms nanoscale gold nuggets to help it to grow in toxic solutions of the precious metal, reports a paper published online today in Nature Chemical Biology.
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Microorganisms and their application in mining and allied …
Once acid mine drainage starts, these microbes enhance the generation of sulphuric acid from the surrounding rock. Downstream poisoning happens because of the same. In Sulfide ore mining, Pyrite and other non-valuable minerals generate acid mine drainage (AMD) when exposed to oxygen (O 2) and water. Metals with low cut-off grade often lead to ...
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Microbe-mediated sustainable bio-recovery of gold from …
This review aims to discuss the current promising microbe-mediated approaches used to bio-mine gold from e-wastes and low-grade ores. At present, conventional chemical methods are still the chief method of gold mining due to …
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Microbes for Mining
Microbes have revolutionized mining practices by providing innovative approaches to mineral extraction, environmental remediation, and wastewater treatment. ... In gold mining operations, cyanide is commonly used to extract …
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The potential of legume cover crops and soil microbes for gold mine …
Mercury (Hg) is commonly utilized in artisanal gold mining on Buru Island; the Hg-contaminated tailing possibly contaminates the agricultural land nearby.
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