Calcite biomineralization by bacterial isolates from the recently discovered pristine karstic herrenberg cave

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1157-1167

  Rusznyák, Anna ^a   Akob, Denise M ^a   Nietzsche, Sándor ^b   Eusterhues, Karin ^a   Totsche, Kai Uwe ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^c   Torsten, Frosch ^a,d,e   Popp, Jürgen ^a,d   Keiner, Robert ^a,d   Geletneky, Jörn ^e   Katzschmann, Lutz ^e   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^f   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d Institute of Photonic Technologies   (Germany)

^e Thuringian Agency for Environment and Geology   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIOSIGNATURES; CARBON STORAGE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; KARSTIC; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS; RHOMBOHEDRAL MORPHOLOGY; SEEPAGE WATER; SERRATIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; VATERITE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RNA;

CAVES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROUND WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CAVE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; KARST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEEPAGE; STALACTITE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

GERMANY; HERRENBERG CAVE; THURINGIA;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SULFONIVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS; SERRATIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 84857088364     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06568-11     Document Type: Article

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