Includes abstract. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204). / The objective of this work was to investigate the effects of a wide range of solution conditions,namely: temperature, pH, dissolved Al and Mg, and the effect of total iron concentration on the kinetics of microbial ferrous-iron oxidation by Leptospirillum ferriphilum, with a view to developing a comprehensive rate equation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/5420 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Ojumu, Tunde Victor |
| Contributors | Petersen, Jochen, Hansford, Geoffrey Spearing |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
| Format | application/pdf |
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