PRJNA573091
Acidithiobacillus sp. 'AMD consortium' Genome sequencing
As sulfide minerals are mined and processed for base metal recovery, iron sulfides are rejected as waste tailings. When exposed to air, water, and microbes, these sulfide-laden waste tailing are oxidized to sulfuric acid producing acid mine drainage. There is a tremendous legacy cost to clean up Canadian mine sites impacted by acid mine drainage. So, the goal is to identification and characterization of sulfur- and selenate-reducing microbial communities from mine environments.