The diversity of molecular mechanisms of carbonate biomineralization by bacteria
S Görgen, K Benzerara, F Skouri-Panet, M Gugger… - Discover …, 2021 - Springer
Although biomineralization of CaCO 3 is widespread in Bacteria and Archaea, the molecular
mechanisms involved in this process remain less known than those used by Eukaryotes. A …
mechanisms involved in this process remain less known than those used by Eukaryotes. A …
Benefits at the nanoscale: a review of nanoparticle‐enabled processes favouring microbial growth and functionality
Nanoparticles are ubiquitous and co‐occur with microbial life in every environment on Earth.
Interactions between microbes and nanoparticles impact the biogeochemical cycles via …
Interactions between microbes and nanoparticles impact the biogeochemical cycles via …
[HTML][HTML] Why do microbes make minerals?
J Cosmidis, K Benzerara - Comptes …, 2022 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé Prokaryotes have been sha** the surface of the Earth and impacting
geochemical cycles for the past four billion years. Biomineralization, the capacity to form …
geochemical cycles for the past four billion years. Biomineralization, the capacity to form …
Intracellular amorphous Ca-carbonate and magnetite biomineralization by a magnetotactic bacterium affiliated to the Alphaproteobacteria
Bacteria synthesize a wide range of intracellular submicrometer-sized inorganic precipitates
of diverse chemical compositions and structures, called biominerals. Their occurrences …
of diverse chemical compositions and structures, called biominerals. Their occurrences …
Calcium carbonate precipitation by Bacillus and Sporosarcina strains isolated from concrete and analysis of the bacterial community of concrete
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (CCP) is a long-standing but re-
emerging environmental engineering process for production of self-healing concrete …
emerging environmental engineering process for production of self-healing concrete …
Biomineralization patterns of intracellular carbonatogenesis in cyanobacteria: molecular hypotheses
The recent discovery of intracellular carbonatogenesis in several cyanobacteria species has
challenged the traditional view that this process was extracellular and not controlled …
challenged the traditional view that this process was extracellular and not controlled …
The gammaproteobacterium Achromatium forms intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate and not (crystalline) calcite
Achromatium is a long known uncultured giant gammaproteobacterium forming intracellular
CaCO3 that impacts C and S geochemical cycles functioning in some anoxic sediments and …
CaCO3 that impacts C and S geochemical cycles functioning in some anoxic sediments and …
Will tomorrow's mineral materials be grown?
J Cosmidis - Microbial Biotechnology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomineralization, the capacity to form minerals, has evolved in a great diversity of bacterial
lineages as an adaptation to different environmental conditions and biological functions …
lineages as an adaptation to different environmental conditions and biological functions …
Evidence of high Ca uptake by cyanobacteria forming intracellular CaCO3 and impact on their growth
A De Wever, K Benzerara, M Coutaud, G Caumes… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Several species of cyanobacteria biomineralizing intracellular amorphous calcium
carbonates (ACC) were recently discovered. However, the mechanisms involved in this …
carbonates (ACC) were recently discovered. However, the mechanisms involved in this …
Fluorescence Microscopy Study of the Intracellular Sulfur Globule Protein SgpD in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum
C Kümpel, F Grein, C Dahl - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
When oxidizing reduced sulfur compounds, the phototrophic sulfur bacterium
Allochromatium vinosum forms spectacular sulfur globules as obligatory intracellular–but …
Allochromatium vinosum forms spectacular sulfur globules as obligatory intracellular–but …