Projected demands for lithium as LIB for the plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), electric (EV) and
hybrid electric (HEV) vehicle in the recent future is huge and estimated to reach $221 billion …

Endophytic microbes are known to live asymptomatically inside their host throughout
different stages of their life cycle and play crucial roles in the growth, development, fitness …

One of the main obstacles to plant growth is the lack of the availability of nutrient elements in
many agricultural environments in the world, especially the tropics where soils can be …

Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Due to climate change, expansion of salt-affected arable lands has emerged as a major
threat to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Conventional crop breeding …

Microorganisms modify rates and mechanisms of chemical and physical weathering and
clay growth, thus playing fundamental roles in soil and sediment formation. Because …

Organic acids and their anions (for brevity we shall use the term “acids” to include both) may
affect mineral weathering rates by at least three mechanisms: by changing the dissolution …

Mineral dissolution experiments using batch cultures of soil and groundwater bacteria were
monitored with solution chemistry and various microscopic techniques to determine the …

Deux minéraux contenant du potassium (K), le feldspath de Nanjing et l'illite de Suzhou, ont
été employés afin d'étudier la mobilisation du potassium par la souche sauvage NBT de …

The last two decades have seen geomicrobiology evolve into a broad field encompassing a
wide range of environmentally significant processes such as proton and metal adsorption …