ARCTIC The Occurrence of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Arsenic in Subarctic Streams Affected by Gold-Mine Drainage

• Main Authors: Edward J. Brown, Huan V. Luong, Joan M. Forshaug
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Mots des; arsenic; mines d’or; mCtaux lourds; pyrite; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans; Arctic; Dawson City; Fairbanks; Yukon; Dawson; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.579.4984; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic35-3-417.pdf

Alaska, and Dawson City, Yukon Temtory, were sampled to determine dissolved arsenic concentrations, and numbers of the acidophilic iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thiobacillusferrooxidans. The pH of the streams varied from 6.3 to 8.6 and the streams were nearly saturated with dissolved oxygen....