Download or read book Three Chemosynthetic Autotrophic Bacteria Important to Leaching Operations at Arizona Copper Mines written by John D. Corrick and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three species of chemosynthetic iron- and sulfur-oxidizing autotrophic bacteria have been isolated from the leaching waters of copper mining areas. These species are: The sulphur-oxidizzing Thiobacillus concretivorus, the iron-oxidizing Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans, and the sulfur- and iron-oxidizing bacterium closely resembling Thiobacillus ferrooxidans.