@article{ab39e46a98c049d3bf515ab71a036b3f,
title = "Precipitation of Cu-sulfides by copper-tolerant Desulfovibrio isolates",
abstract = "The purpose of this work was to isolate Cu-tolerant sulfate-reducers that could be used to produce copper sulfides under pure culture conditions. Three sulfate-reducing bacteria were isolated from wastewater effluents of a zinc-smelter in the Urals and their tolerance to copper varied between 325 and 2600 mg Cu l-1. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences placed the isolates in the genus Desulfovibrio. The isolates showed pronounced saccharolytic growth. Growing cultures precipitated Cu2+ as covellite (CuS) within less than a week. Extended incubation for 1 month lead to the formation of chalcocite (Cu2S) and chalcopyrite (CuFeS2).",
author = "Karnachuk, {Olia V.} and Keiko Sasaki and Gerasimchuk, {Anna L.} and Olga Sukhanova and Ivasenko, {Denis A.} and Kaksonen, {Anna H.} and Puhakka, {Jaakko A.} and Tuovinen, {Olli H.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank J. Williams for the generous gift of plasmid pPA87 and E. coli ED8739, A. A. Davydov for sampling of the Chelyabinsk wastewater and initial enrichments; T. Rychkova for assistance with experiments on strain A2. This work was supported by a European Union grant (INTAS 01-0737) received from the International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the New Independent States. O. V. Karnachuk, A. L. Gerasimchuk, O. Sukhanova, and D. A. Ivasenko gratefully acknowledge support from the Russian Federation Agency of Education grant RNP 2.1.1.7338 and the Russian Federation Ministry of Sciences (Contract 02.512.11.2003). Partial support to A.H. Kaksonen and J.A. Puhakka was provided by the European Commission (European Sixth Framework Project “BioMine”, Contract 500329) and to O. H. Tuovinen by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Finland Distinguished Professor Program, 402/06).",
year = "2008",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1080/01490450802153124",
language = "English",
volume = "25",
pages = "219--227",
journal = "Geomicrobiology Journal",
issn = "0149-0451",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "5",
}