Bacterial Biomineralization

Fundamentals of Geobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-130

  Konhauser, Kurt ^a   Riding, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria, facilitating biomineralization; Bacterial biomineralization; Bacterial biomineralization, of iron oxyhydroxides; Biological model for BIF, CCMs, molar Ni Fe, dynamic links; CCMs, biogenic whitings, over geological time scales; Chemolithoautotrophic iron mineralization; Living organisms, and biomineralization; Metabolism, affecting redox, saturation states; Mineral nucleation, critical nuclei formation; Nucleation rate, affecting size of critical nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879061031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118280874.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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