Investigating microbe-mineral interactions: Recent advances in X-ray and electron microscopy and redox-sensitive methods

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-289

  Miot, Jennyfer ^a   Benzerara, Karim ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryoelectron microscopy; Electrochemical methods; Electron transfer; FIB; Geomicrobiology; Redox heterogeneity; STXM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FIB; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; REDOX HETEROGENEITY; STXM;

MINERALS;

BIOFILM; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IMAGING METHOD; INTERFACE; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84902014077     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124110     Document Type: Review

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