Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: What goes on in biofilms?

By A. Decho. 2010

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Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses (2018, background): “However, following Decho (2010), once nucleation has commenced, the calcium carbonate precipitate can develop as a growing crystal (i.e. a purely mineral form) or as an amorphous precipitate, or as a mixture of the two.”
Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems (2017, background): “Mats are well-known for their association with the biogeochemical precipitation of minerals such as carbonates (e.g., calcite, aragonite) (Decho, 2010).”
Biomineralization of calcium carbonates and their engineered applications: a review (2013, background): “…Castanier et al., 1999; Lian et al., 2006); • As per the second hypothesis, carbonate nucleation takes place on the cell wall (Rivadeneyra et al., 1998; Castanier et al., 2000) and • Lastly, the third hypothesis involves role of extracellular macro- molecules (Ercole et al., 2007; Decho, 2009).”
Biomineralization for sustainable construction - A review of processes and applications (2015, background): “Many eukaryotes, prevalently tissue-forming multicellular ones, carry out this process (Lowenstam and Weiner, 1989; Mann, 2001), where cellular activity controls the process to a high degree and leads the nucleation, growth, morphology, and final location of the mineral (Decho, 2010).”