calcium carbonates: induced biomineralization with controlled macromorphology
Clicks: 247
ID: 173691
2017
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
Emerging Content
30.0
/100
247 views
22 readers
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
EmergingRanked #22 of 345 articles by views in tetrahedron letters
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 345 in total.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
Biomineralization of (magnesium) calcite and vaterite by
bacterial isolates has been known for quite some time. However, the
extracellular precipitation has hardly ever been linked to different
morphologies of the minerals that are observed. Here, isolates from
limestone-associated groundwater, rock and soil were shown to form calcite,
magnesium calcite or vaterite. More than 92 % of isolates were indeed
able to form carbonates, while abiotic controls failed to form minerals. The
crystal morphologies varied, including rhombohedra, prisms and pyramid-like
macromorphologies. Different conditions like varying temperature, pH or media
components, but also cocultivation to test for collaborative effects of
sympatric bacteria, were used to differentiate between mechanisms of calcium
carbonate formation. Single crystallites were cemented with bacterial cells;
these may have served as nucleation sites by providing a basic pH at short
distance from the cells. A calculation of potential calcite formation of up
to 2 g L−1 of solution
made it possible to link the microbial activity to geological processes.
| Reference Key |
meier2017biogeosciencescalcium
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | ;A. Meier;A. Kastner;D. Harries;M. Wierzbicka-Wieczorek;J. Majzlan;G. Büchel;E. Kothe |
| Journal | tetrahedron letters |
| Year | 2017 |
| DOI |
10.5194/bg-14-4867-2017
|
| URL | |
| Keywords |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.