FIB section of amorphous calcium carbonate in green algae
The interplay between the living and non-living nature has an influence on the constitution of waters and rivers, the mobility of harmful substances and on the fate of life. The catalytic effect of microorganisms to the mineral formation raises more and more awareness.
Selected publications
Costa, F.S., Langenhorst, F., Kothe, E. (2022). Biomineralization of Nickel Struvite Linked to Metal Resistance in Streptomyces mirabilis. Molecules, 27, 10, 3061. https://10.3390/molecules2710306External link
Harpke, M., Pietschmann, S., Costa, F.S., Gansert, C., Langenhorst, F., Kothe, E. (2022). Biomineralization by Extremely Halophilic and Metal-Tolerant Community Members from a Sulfate-Dominated Metal-Rich Environment. Microorganisms, 10(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010079External link
Martignier, A., Filella, M., Pollok, K., Melkonian, M., Bensimon, M., Barja, F., Langenhorst, F., Jaquet, J. M., & Ariztegui, D. (2018). Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta). Biogeosciences, 15(21), 6591-6605. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6591-2018External link
Bizo, M. L., Nietzsche, S., Mansfeld, U., Langenhorst, F., Majzlan, J., Gottlicher, J., Ozunu, A., Formann, S., Krause, K., & Kothe, E. (2017). Response to lead pollution: mycorrhizal Pinus sylvestris forms the biomineral pyromorphite in roots and needles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(16), 14455-14462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9020-7External link
Gualtieri, A. F., Gandolfi, N. B., Pollastri, S., Burghammer, M., Tibaldi, E., Belpoggi, F., Pollok, K., Langenhorst, F., Vigliaturo, R., & Drazic, G. (2017). New insights into the toxicity of mineral fibres: A combined in situ synchrotron mu-XRD and HR-TEM study of chrysotile, crocidolite, and erionite fibres found in the tissues of Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicology Letters, 274, 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.04.004External link
Martignier, A., Pacton, M., Filella, M., Jaquet, J. M., Barja, F., Pollok, K., Langenhorst, F., Lavigne, S., Guagliardo, P., Kilburn, M. R., Thomas, C., Martini, R., & Ariztegui, D. (2017). Intracellular amorphous carbonates uncover a new biomineralization process in eukaryotes. Geobiology, 15(2), 240-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12213External link