In addition to the researchers, the current study involved a number of other key players in the bioleaching process, which is ...

This summary highlights several recent studies that illustrate the diverse roles of microbes in different ecosystems, including honeybee gut health, bioleaching in mining, marine carbon cycling ...

Bioleaching close bioleachingUsing bacteria to extract metals from their ores. is used to extract small quantities of metals from mining waste heaps. Electrolysis can be used to extract the metal ...

One of the more intriguing employs bacteria to do the actual extraction of metals. Bioleaching, as this process is called, is an old idea: more than 2,000 years ago, the leaching of metal was seen ...