Bacterial communities in mixed cultures enriched from sediments and water in Tongling Copper Mine in Anhui Province, East China

Keywords

Acid Mine Drainage / Jarosite / Acidithiobacillus / Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans / Leptospirillum

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