Copper oxalate formation by lichens and fungi.

ABSTRACT: The present work focuses on the revealing the patterns of copper oxalates formation under the influence of lichens and fungi by combination of the results of field studies and model experiments. These findings create the scientific basis for the potential microbial technology applications (ore enrichment, monuments conservation, environment bioremediation, etc.). Copper oxalate moolooite Cu(C₂O₄)·H₂O was discovered in saxicolous lichen Lecidea inops on the weathered chalcopyrite ore of Voronov Bor deposit (Central Karelia, Russia). Bioinspired syntheses of moolooite and wheatleyite Na₂Cu(C₂O₄)₂ 2H₂O with the participation of the microscopic fungi Aspergillus niger (active producer of oxalic acid) were c

SUBMITTER: Frank-Kamenetskaya OV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688476 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature