Microbial weathering of minerals and rocks in natural environments

T Samuels, C Bryce, H Landenmark… - Biogeochemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbes are active agents of environmental change. From the depths of the Earth's crust to
the heights of the upper atmosphere, microorganisms alter the physicochemical conditions …

Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction

S Summers, YS Pek, DP Vinod, D McDougald… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seawalls are important in protecting coastlines from currents, erosion, sea-level rise, and
flooding. They are, however, associated with reduced biodiversity, due to their steep …

[HTML][HTML] Life's critical role in the long-term carbon cycle: the biotic enhancement of weathering

DW Schwartzman - AIMS Geosciences, 2017 - aimspress.com
The biotic enhancement of weathering (BEW) has important implications for the long-term
carbon cycle, in particular as a driver of climatic cooling. The BEW factor is defined as how …

[图书][B] Potential Microbial Processes in an Ancient Martian Environment: An Investigation into Bio-Signature Production and Community Ecology

E Curtis-Harper - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This work investigated whether the River Dee estuary can be considered as an martian
environmental analogue and examined the whether an understanding of microbial …