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 …

Acid sulfate waters are produced mostly by the oxidation of common sulfide minerals such
as pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and marcasite in rocks, soils, sediments, and industrial …

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

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised
second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of …

Banded iron formations (BIFs) are prominent sedimentary deposits of the Precambrian, but
despite a century of endeavor, the mechanisms of their deposition are still unresolved …

This review focuses on bacteria and their role in mineral formation. As a consequence of
their small size and diverse metabolic capabilities bacteria, more than any other type of …

Bacterial cells, growing naturally in freshwater and marine environments or experimentally
in culture, can precipitate a variety of authigenic iron minerals. With the vast majority of …

Critical to the origin of life are the ingredients of life, of course, but also the physical and
chemical conditions in which prebiotic chemical reactions can take place. These factors …

Mineralogy, microbial ecology, and mineral weathering in the subsurface are an intimately
linked biogeochemical system. Although bacteria have been implicated indirectly in the …

Chert deposits preserve a record of secular change in the oceanic silica cycle. The
evolutionary radiation of silica-secreting organisms resulted in a transition from abiological …