Fig. 2: Over-expression of mgdh lowers biolixiviant pH by up to 0.39 units and increases REE-bioleaching from allanite ore by up to 53.1% at 10% pulp density. | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: Over-expression of mgdh lowers biolixiviant pH by up to 0.39 units and increases REE-bioleaching from allanite ore by up to 53.1% at 10% pulp density.

From: High efficiency rare earth element bioleaching with systems biology guided engineering of Gluconobacter oxydans

Fig. 2: Over-expression of mgdh lowers biolixiviant pH by up to 0.39 units and increases REE-bioleaching from allanite ore by up to 53.1% at 10% pulp density.

A Biolixiviant pH for all tested strains 36 h after glucose introduction. B Total REE extracted per gram of allanite sand for all strains. C Total contribution of the top five REE to the total REE extracted. A pulp density of 10% was used in all bioleaching experiments (panels B and C; i.e., 10 g of allanite in 100 mL of biolixiviant). All tests were run in triplicate and are representative of multiple experiments. Stars denote significant difference compared with wild type (wt) G. oxydans by a two-tailed, homoscedastic t-test, p < 0.05. All data for this figure, including p-values, can be found in Supplementary Data S245.

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