Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications
Clay minerals are very common in nature and highly reactive minerals which are typical products of the weathering of the most abundant silicate minerals on the planet. Over recent decades there has been growing appreciation that the prime involvement of clay minerals in the geochemical cycling of el...
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| description | Clay minerals are very common in nature and highly reactive minerals which are typical products of the weathering of the most abundant silicate minerals on the planet. Over recent decades there has been growing appreciation that the prime involvement of clay minerals in the geochemical cycling of elements and pedosphere genesis should take into account the biogeochemical activity of microorganisms. Microbial intimate interaction with clay minerals, that has taken place on Earth’s surface in a geological time-scale, represents a complex co-evolving system which is challenging to comprehend because of fragmented information and requires coordinated efforts from both clay scientists and microbiologists. This review covers some important aspects of the interactions of clay minerals with microorganisms at the different levels of complexity, starting from organic molecules, individual and aggregated microbial cells, fungal and bacterial symbioses with photosynthetic organisms, pedosphere, up to environmental and biotechnological implications. The review attempts to systematize our current general understanding of the processes of biogeochemical transformation of clay minerals by microorganisms. This paper also highlights some microbiological and biotechnological perspectives of the practical application of clay minerals–microbes interactions not only in microbial bioremediation and biodegradation of pollutants but also in areas related to agronomy and human and animal health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bc3d908e3434a2798d0941d0e85f4b22023-11-20T15:31:38ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2020-09-01101086110.3390/min10100861Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological ImplicationsMarina Fomina0Iryna Skorochod1Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zabolotny str., 154, 03143 Kyiv, UkraineZabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zabolotny str., 154, 03143 Kyiv, UkraineClay minerals are very common in nature and highly reactive minerals which are typical products of the weathering of the most abundant silicate minerals on the planet. Over recent decades there has been growing appreciation that the prime involvement of clay minerals in the geochemical cycling of elements and pedosphere genesis should take into account the biogeochemical activity of microorganisms. Microbial intimate interaction with clay minerals, that has taken place on Earth’s surface in a geological time-scale, represents a complex co-evolving system which is challenging to comprehend because of fragmented information and requires coordinated efforts from both clay scientists and microbiologists. This review covers some important aspects of the interactions of clay minerals with microorganisms at the different levels of complexity, starting from organic molecules, individual and aggregated microbial cells, fungal and bacterial symbioses with photosynthetic organisms, pedosphere, up to environmental and biotechnological implications. The review attempts to systematize our current general understanding of the processes of biogeochemical transformation of clay minerals by microorganisms. This paper also highlights some microbiological and biotechnological perspectives of the practical application of clay minerals–microbes interactions not only in microbial bioremediation and biodegradation of pollutants but also in areas related to agronomy and human and animal health.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/10/861claysmicroorganismsbacteriafungilichenssoil |
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| title | Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications |
| title_full | Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications |
| title_fullStr | Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications |
| title_short | Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications |
| title_sort | microbial interaction with clay minerals and its environmental and biotechnological implications |
| topic | clays microorganisms bacteria fungi lichens soil |
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