A critical review of mineral-microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications.

ABSTRACT: Mineral-microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical and chemical protection, nutrients, and energy) and detrimental (toxic substances and oxidative pressure) effects to microbes, resulting in mineral-specific microbial colonization. Microbes impact dissolution, transformation and precipitation of minerals through their activity, resulting in either genetically controlled or metabolism-induced biomineralization. Through these interactions, minerals and microbes co-evolve through Earth history. Mineral-microbe interactions typically occur at microscopic scale but the effect is often manifested at global scale. Despite advances achieved through decades of researc

SUBMITTER: Dong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9522408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature