Patent ID: 7601530
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12R

Abstract:
1. An isolated bacterial strain wherein said bacterial strain belongs to the species Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans , named Wenelen deposited as DSM 16786 at the DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany), said DSM 16786 strain being a bacillary gram-negative bacterium that grows chemolithotrophically by oxidizing iron, elemental sulfur and compounds resulting from bioleaching of sulfide minerals or ores, and said strain has the 16S rDNA sequence of SEQ ID NO.1 and an extra-chromosomal element of approximately 15 Kb with an autonomous replication sequence; and said Wenelen DSM 16786 strain having an increased activity for leaching of metallic sulfide ores.