Calcium adsorption and changes of the surface microtopography of cyanobacteria studied by AFM, CFM, and TEM with respect to biogenic calcite nucleation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Obst, M ^a   Dittrich, M ^a   Kuehn, H ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NanoCraft ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Cyanobacteria; Nucleation; Surface; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649119197     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001172     Document Type: Article

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