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Mineralogical Footprints of Bacterial Biofilms Associated with Labit Cave,a Part of the Longest Cave System in India
Authors:Subhro Banerjee
Affiliation:1. Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology &2. Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Abstract:The present study was an attempt to demonstrate the capabilities of the microbial strains from the unexplored Labit cave in India to precipitate calcite providing evidence for biotic processes involved in formation of speleothem deposits. Six calcifying bacterial strains majority belonging to genus Bacillus were isolated from the cave. SEM studies revealed an array of various in vitro crystal polymorphs generated by the isolated bacteria which are similar to microscopic observations on natural formations in speleothems. The EDX spectrum of the precipitated crystals predominately composed of calcium carbonate indicating the relevance of bacterial biofilm in cave geomicrobiology and biogenic evolution of cave formations in the studied cave, which is further supported by XRF analysis and Raman spectroscopy.
Keywords:biofilm  biogenic  geomicrobiology  mineral precipitation  speleothems
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