Precipitation and growth morphology of calcium carbonate induced by Myxococcus xanthus: Implications for recognition of bacterial carbonates

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 868-876

  Chekroun, Kaoutar Ben ^a   Rodríguez Navarro, Carlos ^a   González Muñoz, Maria Teresa ^a   Arias, Jose Maria ^a   Cultrone, Guiseppe ^a   Rodríguez Gallego, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; MICROCRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGY; SUPERSATURATION;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; RHOMBOHEDRAL MORPHOLOGY; SIZE MEASUREMENTS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 11044230587     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/050504740868     Document Type: Article

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