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. 1976 Jan;31(1):7-10.
doi: 10.1128/aem.31.1.7-10.1976.

Microbiological oxidation of synthetic chalcocite and covellite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

H Sakaguchi, A E Torma, M Silver

Microbiological oxidation of synthetic chalcocite and covellite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

H Sakaguchi et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1976 Jan.

Abstract

The microbiological oxidation of synthetic chalcocite and covellite has been investigated using an adapted strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Biodegradation of chalcocite was found to be 90 to 100% and that of covellite 45 to 60%. Optimum conditions for the oxidation of chalcocite were: pH, 1.7 to 2.3; temperature, 35 C; and ferric iron concentration in the range of 0.004 to 0.01 M. For covellite, the optimum conditions were: pH 2.3; temperature, 35 C; and ferric iron concentration in the range of 0.004 to 0.02 M. The energies of activation were determined to be 16.3 kcal (ca. 6.8 X 10(4) J) per mol and 11.7 kcal (ca. 4.8 X 10(4) J) per mol for chalcocite and covellite, respectively.

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