Microbial communities associated with hydromagnesite and needle-fiber aragonite deposits in a karstic cave (Altamira, northern Spain)

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作者
Cañaveras, JC
Hoyos, M
Sanchez-Moral, S
Sanz-Rubio, E
Bedoya, J
Soler, V
Groth, I
Schumann, P
Laiz, L
Gonzalez, I
Sainz-Jimenez, C
机构
[1] Univ Alicante, Dept Ciencias Tierra & Medio Ambiente, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
[2] CSIC, Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
[3] CSIC, Inst Prod Nat & Agrobiol Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
[4] Hans Knoll Inst Nat Stoff Forsch EV, Jena, Germany
[5] Deutsch Sammlung Mikroorganismen & Zellkulturen, D-3300 Braunschweig, Germany
[6] CSIC, Inst Recursos Nat & Agrobiol, E-41080 Seville, Spain
关键词
actinomycetes; Altamira cave; aragonite; biomineralization; calcite; heterotrophic bacteria; hydromagnesite; moonmilk; speleothem; vaterite;
D O I
10.1080/014904599270712
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Microbial communities, where Streptomyces species predominate, were found in association with hydromagnesite, Mg-5(CO3)(4)(OH)(2). 4H(2)O, and needle-fiber aragonite deposits in an Altamira cave. The ability to precipitate calcium carbonate in laboratory cultures suggests that these and other bacteria present in the cave may play a role in the formation of moonmilk deposits.
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