the mouteh refractory pyrite concentrates at pulp densities of 1.5%, 3%, 4.5% and 6% were treated, using thiobacillus ferrooxidans dsm 581 and the same bacteria adapted on the mouteh pyritic concentrate. compared with a non-adapted culture, use of an adapted inoculum of t. ferrooxidans increased bioleaching rate of iron by a factor of 1.940, 2.011, 1.859 and 1.559 for pulp densities 1.5%, 3%, 4...