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#Unit 12. Applied Biology
In uranium leaching, Acidophillus ferrooxidans oxidizes U4+ to U6+ with O2 as an electron acceptor.
However, Uranium leaching depends more on the abiotic oxidation of U4+ by Fe3+ with A. ferrooxidans contributing to the process mainly through the reoxidation of Fe2+ to Fe+3, as in copper leaching.