Cyanobacteria as biocatalysts for carbonate mineralization

Minerals

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-364

  Kamennaya, Nina A ^a   Ajo Franklin, Caroline M ^a   Northen, Trent ^a   Jansson, Christer ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcium carbonate; Carbon sequestration; Cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871518046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2075163X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/min2040338     Document Type: Review

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