Inside the alkalinity engine: The role of electron donors in the organomineralization potential of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 518-530

  Gallagher, K L ^a,b   Kading, T J ^c   Braissant, O ^b,d   Dupraz, C ^a,b   Visscher, P T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; BIOMINERALIZATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LITHIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL MAT; NUCLEATION; PH; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESERVATION; SATURATION; STROMATOLITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867647927     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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