dc.contributor.author | Hudson-Edwards, KA | |
dc.contributor.author | Santini, JM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-19T13:49:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | The toxic element arsenic (As) occurs widely in solid and liquid mine wastes. Aqueous forms of arsenic are taken up in As-bearing sulfides, arsenides, sulfosalts, oxides, oxyhydroxides, Fe-oxides, -hydroxides, -oxyhydroxides and -sulfates, and Fe-, Ca-Fe- and other arsenates. Although a considerable body of research has demonstrated that microbes play a significant role in the precipitation and dissolution of these As-bearing minerals, and in the alteration of the redox state of As, in natural and simulated mining environments, the molecular-scale mechanisms of these interactions are still not well understood. Further research is required using traditional and novel mineralogical, spectroscopic and microbiological techniques to further advance this field, and to help design remediation schemes. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, Science and
Technology Facilities Council, British Council, Royal Society, University of London and Australian
Research Council for their research on the environmental geochemistry, mineralogy and microbiology
of arsenic | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 3 (4), pp. 337 - 351 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/min3040337 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34366 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). | en_GB |
dc.title | Arsenic-microbe-mineral interactions in mining-affected environments | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-19T13:49:10Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from MDPI via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Minerals | en_GB |