@inproceedings{9e727ec776d84a60a434191a44080487,
title = "Minimum aeration in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans cultures required to maintain substrate oxidation without oxygen limitation",
abstract = "The volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient (kLa) was used to define the conditions necessary for minimum aeration and to eliminate potential oxygen limitation in bioleaching cultures of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. The Michaelis constants for oxygen were 1.07 and 0.71 μmol O2 l-1 for the oxidation of ferrous iron and elemental sulphur, respectively. The critical oxygen concentration, below which oxygen limitation occurred, was determined to be 6.250 and 3.125 μmol O2 l-1 for the oxidation of ferrous iron and elemental sulphur, respectively. The (kLa)crit values required to maintain oxygen-unlimited substrate oxidation for ferrous iron and elemental sulphur were 7.70 and 4.88 h-1, respectively.",
keywords = "Aeration, At. ferrooxidans, Iron-oxidising bacteria, Oxygen limitation, Sulphur-oxidising bacteria, Volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient",
author = "Martin Mandl and Eva Pakostova and Lenka Poskerova",
year = "2013",
month = oct,
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.825.414",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783037858912",
series = "Advanced Materials Research",
publisher = "Scientific.Net",
pages = "414--417",
booktitle = "Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy",
address = "Switzerland",
note = "20th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, IBS 2013 ; Conference date: 08-10-2013 Through 11-10-2013",
}