Dispersion of sulfur enables sulfur oxidation before iron
oxidation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: A valuable
formulation for the genetic engineering toolbox
Yuta Inaba, Timothy Kernan, Alan C. West, and Scott
Banta*
*Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia
University, New York, NY, USA
* Corresponding author.
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