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basic aspects and application in nanobiotechnology (material sciences and medicine).
Naturwissenschaften 94:339–359
34. Bäuerlein E (2000) Biomineralization: from biology to biotechnology and medical application.
Wiley, Weinheim
35. Weiner S, Dove PM (2003) An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of
the vital effect. Rev Mineral Geochem 54:1–26
36. Bazylinski DA, Frankel RB, Konhauser KO (2007) Modes of biomineralization of magnetite
by microbes. Geomicrobiol J 24:465–475
37. Ngwenya B (2016) Bacterial mineralisation. Reference module in materials science and
materials engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.
02248-7
38. Schippers A, Hedrich S, Vasters J, Drobe M, Sand W, Willscher S (2014) Biomining: metal
recovery from ores with microorganisms. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol 141:1–47
39. Zavarzin GA (2002) Microbial geochemical calcium cycle. Microbiology 71:1–17
40. Zavarzina DG, Pchelintseva NF, Zhilina TN (1996) Calcium leaching by primary anaerobes.
Mikrobiologiya 65:604–608
41. Douglas S, Beveridge TJ (1998) Mini review: mineral formation by bacteria in natural
microbial communities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 26:79–88
42. Suzuki Y, Kelly SD, Kemner KM, Banfield JF (2005) Direct microbial reduction and
subsequent preservation of uranium in natural near-surface sediment. Appl Environ Microbiol
71:1790–1797
43. Bauerlein E (2004) Biomineralization. Progress in biology, molecular biology and application.
Wiley, Weinheim
44. Reith F, Etschmann B, Grosse C, Moors H, Benotmane MA, Monsieurs P, Grass G,
Doonan C, Vogt S, Lai B, Martinez-Criado G, George GN, Nies DH, Mergeay M, Pring A,
Southam G, Brugger J (2009) Mechanisms of gold biomineralization in the bacterium
Cupriavidus metallidurans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:17757–17762
45. Iravani S (2014) Bacteria in nanoparticle synthesis: current status and future prospects. Int Sch
Res Notices 2014:359316. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/359316
46. Miller AG, Colman B (1980) Evidence of HCO 3 transport by the blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) Coccochloris peniocystis. Plant Physiol 65:397–402
47. Schultze-Lam S, Beveridge TJ (1994) Nucleation of celestite and strontianite on a
cyanobacterial S-layer. Appl Environ Microbiol 60:447–453
48. Hamilton TL, Bryant DA, Macalady JL (2016) The role of biology in planetary evolution:
cyanobacterial primary production in low-oxygen Proterozoic oceans. Environ Microbiol
18:325–340
49. Dejong JT, Fritzges MB, Nüsslein K (2006) Microbially induced cementation to control sand
response to undrained shear. J Geotech Geoenviron Eng 132:1381–1392
50. Sen R (2008) Biotechnology in petroleum recovery: the microbial EOR. Prog Energy Combust
Sci 34:714–724
51. Bang SS, Lippert JJ, Yerra U, Mulukutla S, Ramakrishnan V (2010) Microbial calcite, a
bio-based smart nanomaterial in concrete remediation. Int J Smart Nano Mater 1:28–39
52. Chou CW, Seagren EA, Aydilek AH, Lai M (2011) Biocalcification of sand through ureolysis.
J Geotech Geoenviron Eng 137:1179–1189
53. Ehrlich HL (1996) Geomicrobiology. Marcel Dekker, New York
54. Gadd GM (2010) Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation.
Microbiology 156:609–643
55. Grotzinger JP, Knoll AH (1999) Stromatolites in Precambrian carbonates: evolutionary
mileposts or environmental dipsticks? Annu Rev Earth Planet Sci 27:313–358
Alkaliphiles: The Emerging Biological Tools Enhancing Concrete Durability
331