Open AccessMicrobial Community Acquisition of Nutrients from Mineral Surfaces. Final Report
Author(s) -
Michael F. Hochella
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/824025
Subject(s) - mineral , nutrient , siderophore , environmental chemistry , chemistry , earth science , earth (classical element) , microbial population biology , soil water , ecology , environmental science , mineralogy , geology , biology , bacteria , paleontology , biochemistry , physics , mathematical physics , gene
Minerals and microbes undergo complex interactions in nature that impact broad aspects of near-surface Earth chemistry. Our primary objective in this project was to gain insight into how microbial species and communities acquire critical but tightly held nutrients residing on or within minerals common in rocks and soils, and to quantitatively study related microbe-mineral interactions including cell adhesion, electron transfer, and siderophore-mineral interaction processes