Microbial selectivity on mineral surfaces: possible implications for weathering processes |
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| Authors: | Elena Hutchens |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Environmental Microbiology Group, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ardmore House, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;2. Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK |
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| Abstract: | In order to understand how microorganisms influence mineral surface processes, a better assessment of how microorganisms colonise mineral surfaces in situ is necessary. A crucial question in understanding mineral–microbial processes is whether colonization by microbial cells on mineral surfaces is a random process or whether it follows a selective pattern related primarily to the chemical composition of the mineral. |
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