[Leaching of uranium containing phosphorites with heterotrophic microorganisms].

The problem of heterotrophic leaching of metals was tested with uranium-containing phosphorites under laboratory conditions with regard to possible technical applications. As leaching agents we used the acids of citric and lactic acid fermentation, carried out with a strain of Aspergillus niger in sulfite liquor under different conditions and with lactic acid bacteria in wheye. Up to 12% uranium were soluted with citric acid fermentation of Marocco phosphorite containing 153 ppm U in Aspergillus niger cultures within 27 days.