AN IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF THERMOPHILIC BIOMINING MICROORGANISMS

Authors
AMARO AM HALLBERG KB LINDSTROM EB JEREZ CA
Citation
Am. Amaro et al., AN IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF THERMOPHILIC BIOMINING MICROORGANISMS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(9), 1994, pp. 3470-3473
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3470 - 3473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:9<3470:AIAFDA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A specific, fast, and sensitive nonradioactive immunobinding assay for the detection and enumeration of the moderate thermophile Thiobacillu s caldus and the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius was d eveloped. It employs enhanced chemiluminescence or peroxidase-conjugat ed immunoglobulins in a dot or slot blotting system and is very conven ient for monitoring thermophilic bioleaching microorganisms in effluen ts from industrial bioleaching processes.