Understanding Bacterial Mineralization
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 5841
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Interests: nuclear waste; uranium; deep geological disposal; heavy metals; bioremediation
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Bacterial mineralization or biomineralization is such a wide phenomenon in nature. In this process, bacteria are able to induce the precipitation of minerals, either through highly controlled biomineralization (so-called “biologically controlled biomineralization”) exerting a high control over the whole process or by inducing the precipitation of minerals (so-called “biologically-induced biomineralization”) through processes that involve little control. Bacterial mineralization is attracting an increasing amount of interest when it comes to understanding the mechanisms involved in such a process. However, the complete process and mechanisms involved are still missing, despite many years of research in this field, and their elucidation could yield valuable information. Biomineralization can provide unique evidence regarding bacterial interactions with the environment, the origin and evolution of life in Earth and elsewhere in the solar system, environmental conditions of sediments in all ages, and the bacterial role in different human pathologies. Bacterial mineralization also has great potential for use in a wide range of applications, including nanotechnology, implants, and monument construction material consolidation and conservation, among others.
This Special Issue on “Understanding Bacterial Mineralization” will focus on recent advances in bacterial mineralization, from the fundamental to the applied science, including different areas, e.g., environmental science, molecular microbiology, and geochemistry. Papers providing experimental data and omics-based studies down to the molecular scale to provide a comprehensive picture of bacterial mineralization process are also welcome.
Dr. Fadwa Jroundi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- induced biomineralization
- controlled biomineralization
- bacterial diversity and activity
- application of bio-inspired mineralization
- in situ analysis of biomineralization
