Bacterial destruction of mica during bioleaching of kaolin and quartz sand by Bacillus cereus
(2003) In World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 19(6). p.583-590- Abstract
- Growth and metabolic activities of Bacillus cereus were found to cause the extraction of iron atoms from the octahedral position in mica in the kaolin sample (49%) and in the quartz sands sample (17%) after 3 months of bioleaching, while aluminium removal was only 5%. Mica destruction was detected in kaolin and quartz sands samples by X-ray diffraction analysis and also by i.r. adsorption spectroscopy in quartz sands samples. The structural changes obtained were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The SEM pictures show a different morphology in the boundary region of mica grains before and after bioleaching. Bacterial destruction effects were feeble in the interlayer sites and were specially directed to split planes,... (More)
- Growth and metabolic activities of Bacillus cereus were found to cause the extraction of iron atoms from the octahedral position in mica in the kaolin sample (49%) and in the quartz sands sample (17%) after 3 months of bioleaching, while aluminium removal was only 5%. Mica destruction was detected in kaolin and quartz sands samples by X-ray diffraction analysis and also by i.r. adsorption spectroscopy in quartz sands samples. The structural changes obtained were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The SEM pictures show a different morphology in the boundary region of mica grains before and after bioleaching. Bacterial destruction effects were feeble in the interlayer sites and were specially directed to split planes, which are occupied by a number of bacterial cells. The biological destruction of mica with phengite composition after iron removal led to development of illite, which was detected by energy-dispersion microanalysis (EDS). Illite development caused also the enrichment of the kaolin sample by fine-grained fraction. (Less)
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abstract = {{Growth and metabolic activities of Bacillus cereus were found to cause the extraction of iron atoms from the octahedral position in mica in the kaolin sample (49%) and in the quartz sands sample (17%) after 3 months of bioleaching, while aluminium removal was only 5%. Mica destruction was detected in kaolin and quartz sands samples by X-ray diffraction analysis and also by i.r. adsorption spectroscopy in quartz sands samples. The structural changes obtained were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The SEM pictures show a different morphology in the boundary region of mica grains before and after bioleaching. Bacterial destruction effects were feeble in the interlayer sites and were specially directed to split planes, which are occupied by a number of bacterial cells. The biological destruction of mica with phengite composition after iron removal led to development of illite, which was detected by energy-dispersion microanalysis (EDS). Illite development caused also the enrichment of the kaolin sample by fine-grained fraction.}},
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series = {{World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology}},
title = {{Bacterial destruction of mica during bioleaching of kaolin and quartz sand by Bacillus cereus}},
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