Assessment of the Potential Role of Streptomyces in Cave Moonmilk Formation

Assessment of the Potential Role of Streptomyces in Cave Moonmilk Formation

Moonmilk is a karstic speleothem mainly composed of fine calcium carbonate crystals (CaCO3) with different textures ranging from pasty to hard, in which the contribution of biotic rock-building processes is presumed to involve indigenous microorganisms. The real microbial input in the genesis of moo...

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Main Authors: Marta Maciejewska, Delphine Adam, Aymeric Naômé, Loïc Martinet, Elodie Tenconi, Magdalena Całusińska, Philippe Delfosse, Marc Hanikenne, Denis Baurain, Philippe Compère, Monique Carnol, Hazel A. Barton, Sébastien Rigali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
biomineralization
moonmilk genesis
geomicrobiology
carbonatogenesis
cave microbiology
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01181/full

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