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The results have yielded new insights into the microbiology of black shale. It can be suggested that isolated micro-organisms might play a role in the geochemical cycle of carbon and metals occurring in the organic fraction of black shale ore and might be of potential use in biotechnological procedures for the copper recovery and other valuable metals from tailings containing black shale as well as organic rich ore.
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Matlakowska et al. (2009) studied this question.
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