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1、BiominingD.E.Rawlings●B.D.Johnson(Eds.)BiominingWith72Figures,5inColor,and37TablesDouglasE.RawlingsD.BarrieJohnsonProfessorandHODofMicrobiologySchoolofBiologicalSciencesUniversityofStellenboschUniversityofWalesPrivateBagX1BangorLL572UWMatieland7602UnitedKingdo
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6、:AnetteLindqvist,HeidelbergProductionandTypesetting:SPiPublisherServicesCoverDesign:Design&Production,HeidelbergPrintedonacid-freepaperSPIN11497516149/3152SPi543210PrefaceBiominingisthegenerictermthatdescribestheprocessingofmetal-containingoresandconcentratesu
7、sing(micro-)biologicaltechnology.Thisisanareaofbiotechnologythathasseenconsiderablegrowthinscaleandapplicationsincethe1960s,whenitwasfirstused,inverybasicallyengi-neeredrock“dumps”torecovercopperfromoreswhichcontainedtoolittleofthemetaltobeprocessedbyconventio
8、nalsmelting.Refinementsinengineeringdesignofcommercialbiominingoperationshaveparalleledadvancesinourunderstandingofthebiologicalagentsthatdrivetheprocess,sobiominingisnowamultiface