Precipitation of amorphous CaCO3 (aragonite-like) by cyanobacteria: A STXM study of the influence of EPS on the nucleation process

By M. Obst, J. Dynes, J. Lawrence, G. Swerhone, K. Benzerara, C. Karunakaran, K. Kaznatcheev, T. Tyliszczak, A. Hitchcock. 2009

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology

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Citations in the corpus

• Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review (2016, background): “The extensive production of EPS has been demonstrated to be the main factor to accelerate carbonate mineralization (Obst et  al., 2009).”
• Cyanobacteria as Biocatalysts for Carbonate Mineralization (2012, methodology): “Synechococcus, Planktothrix Freshwater medium (BG11) Cc [113] Synechococcus PCC 7942 NaHCO3 + CaCl2 solutions Cc [114] Synechococcus PCC 7942 Freshwater medium (Z/10) ACC, Ara, Cc [115–117] Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 Artificial YBCII based seawater Ara [118]”
• Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems (2017, background): “Specific moieties on EPS, such as acidic groups, can act as nuclei for subsequent CaCO 3 precipitation (Braissant et al., 2003; Bhaskar and Bhosle, 2005; Obst et al., 2009).”