Experimental colonization and alteration of orthopyroxene by the pleomorphic bacteria Ramlibacter tataouinensis

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 341-349

  Benzerara, Karim ^a   Barakat, Mohamed ^b   Menguy, Nicolas ^a   Guyot, François ^a   De Luca, Gilles ^b   Audrain, Christine ^c   Heulin, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Bio alteration; Elasticotaxis; Gliding; Pyroxene; Ramlibacter tataouinensis; TEM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MINERAL ALTERATION; ORTHOPYROXENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 3142755160     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450490462039     Document Type: Article

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