Forced biomineralization: A review

H Ehrlich, E Bailey, M Wysokowski, T Jesionowski - Biomimetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biologically induced and controlled mineralization of metals promotes the development of
protective structures to shield cells from thermal, chemical, and ultraviolet stresses. Metal …

The role of microaerophilic Fe‐oxidizing micro‐organisms in producing banded iron formations

CS Chan, D Emerson, GW Luther III - Geobiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the historical and economic significance of banded iron formations (BIFs), we have
yet to resolve the formation mechanisms. On modern Earth, neutrophilic microaerophilic Fe …

Abiotic oxidation of Fe(II) by reactive nitrogen species in cultures of the nitrate‐reducing Fe(II) oxidizer Acidovorax sp. BoFeN1 – questioning the existence of …

N Klueglein, A Kappler - Geobiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nitrate‐reducing, Fe (II)‐oxidizing bacteria were suggested to couple with
enzymatic Fe (II) oxidation to nitrate reduction. Denitrification proceeds via intermediates …

Comparative genomics of freshwater Fe-oxidizing bacteria: implications for physiology, ecology, and systematics

D Emerson, EK Field, O Chertkov… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The two microaerophilic, Fe-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) Sideroxydans ES-1 and Gallionella
ES-2 have single circular chromosomes of 3.00 and 3.16 Mb that encode 3049 and 3006 …

Bacterial rather than fungal community composition is associated with microbial activities and nutrient-use efficiencies in a paddy soil with short-term organic …

J Guo, W Liu, C Zhu, G Luo, Y Kong, N Ling, M Wang… - Plant and soil, 2018 - Springer
Background and aims Considering the global demands in sustaining agriculture, use of
organic amendments is gradually increasing. An improved understanding of the biological …

The architecture of iron microbial mats reflects the adaptation of chemolithotrophic iron oxidation in freshwater and marine environments

CS Chan, SM McAllister, AH Leavitt, BT Glazer… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microbes form mats with architectures that promote efficient metabolism within a particular
physicochemical environment, thus studying mat structure helps us understand …

Biochar amendment increases the abundance and alters the community composition of diazotrophs in a double rice crop** system

C Wang, Z Li, J Shen, Y Li, D Chen, N Bolan… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2023 - Springer
Diazotrophs can help minimize the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers by fixing atmospheric
dinitrogen in agricultural ecosystems. However, the diazotroph community affected by …

Metagenomic analysis of a high carbon dioxide subsurface microbial community populated by chemolithoautotrophs and bacteria and archaea from candidate phyla

JB Emerson, BC Thomas, W Alvarez… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Research on geologic carbon sequestration raises questions about potential impacts of
subsurface microbiota on carbon cycling and biogeochemistry. Subsurface, high‐CO2 …

The distribution of active iron‐cycling bacteria in marine and freshwater sediments is decoupled from geochemical gradients

JM Otte, J Harter, K Laufer, N Blackwell… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microaerophilic, phototrophic and nitrate‐reducing Fe (II)‐oxidizers co‐exist in coastal
marine and littoral freshwater sediments. However, the in situ abundance, distribution and …

Comparative genomic insights into ecophysiology of neutrophilic, microaerophilic iron oxidizing bacteria

S Kato, M Ohkuma, DH Powell, ST Krepski… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophilic microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) are thought to play a significant
role in cycling of carbon, iron and associated elements in both freshwater and marine iron …