Microbially induced calcite precipitation in culture experiments: Possible origin for stalactites in Sahastradhara caves, Dehradun, India

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Baskar, Sushmitha ^a,b   Baskar, R ^a,b   Mauclaire, L ^a,b   McKenzie, J A ^a,b  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biomineralization; Calcite; Caves; Geomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644582895     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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