Journal of Northeastern University Natural Science ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 89-93.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2016.01.019

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Identification and Bioleaching Capacity of an Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidan

LU Tao1, WEI De-zhou1, ZHANG Rui-yang1, ZHUO Jian-ying2   

  1. 1.School of Resources & Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819,China; 2. Team 403 in Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Metallurgical & Geological Prospecting, Anshan 114018, China.
  • Received:2014-11-10 Revised:2014-11-10 Online:2016-01-15 Published:2016-01-08
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Abstract: A bioleaching bacterium was isolated from an acidic mine drainage of Jiama polymetallic mine in Tibet and was named as XZ. The strain XZ, with round ends, is gram-negative and short-rod shaped in 1~1.5μm×0.5μm. Ferrous iron and elemental sulfur could be oxidized by strain XZ. The optimum growth pH is 2.0 and the optimum growth temperature is 30℃. It was identified as Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans by means of growth characteristic research and 16S rRNA sequencing. The strain XZ was used to leach a poor copper hornstone ore took from Tibet.Shaking flask leaching tests were carried out with inoculation size of 10%(volume fraction), pulp mass fraction of 10% ,ore particle size of -45μm accounting for 100%, leaching temperature of 30℃ and shaking intensity of 160r/min. The results show that leaching rate of copper can reach 72.15% after 15 days.

Key words: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, strain identification, 16S rRNA, bioleaching, poor copper ore

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