Geomicrobiology is the scientific field at the intersection of geology and microbiology and is a major subfield of geobiology. It concerns the role of microbes on geological and geochemical processes and effects of minerals and metals to microbial growth, activity and survival.[2] Such interactions occur in the geosphere (rocks, minerals, soils, and sediments), the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.[3] Geomicrobiology studies microorganisms that are driving the Earth's biogeochemical cycles, mediating mineral precipitation and dissolution, and sorbing and concentrating metals.[4] The applications include for example bioremediation,[5] mining, climate change mitigation[6] and public drinking water supplies.[7]
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Geomicrobiology is the scientific field at the intersection of geology and microbiology and is a major subfield of geobiology. It concerns the role of...
carbon absent distinctive: [1] Newman, D. K.; Banfield, J. F. (2002). "Geomicrobiology: How Molecular-Scale Interactions Underpin Biogeochemical Systems"...
fields, such as with geomicrobiology. The following list includes both those that are clearly a part of geobiology, e.g. geomicrobiology, as well as those...
1954) is a British-Irish microbiologist and mycologist specializing in geomicrobiology, geomycology, and bioremediation. He is currently a professor at the...
sections on the surface Well drilling and logging Biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology Collecting samples to: determine biochemical pathways identify new...
time. Some related disciplines such as geochemistry, geobiology, and geomicrobiology often use biosignatures to determine if living organisms are or were...
Fredrickson, J. K.; Zachara, J. M.; Balkwill, D. L. (July 2004). "Geomicrobiology of high-level nuclear waste-contaminated vadose sediments at the Hanford...
Edwards, Katrina J.; Bach, Wolfgang; Rogers, Daniel R. (April 2003). "Geomicrobiology of the Ocean Crust: A Role for Chemoautotrophic Fe-Bacteria". Biological...
examining granite weathering. She attributes her initial interest in geomicrobiology to Dr Tony Eggleton who drew her attention to processes at the earth's...
a microbial ecologist specializing in subsurface microbiology and geomicrobiology. He is a professor of ocean ecology and biogeochemistry at Oregon State...
Tracy 1996, p. 304. Ehrlich, Henry Lutz; Newman, Dianne K. (2009). Geomicrobiology (5th ed.). CRC Press. pp. 181–182. ISBN 978-0-8493-7907-9. Archived...
Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 18 February 2023. "Riley Black". Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division. Retrieved 1 June 2024. v t e v t e...
Below Surface at the Kidd Creek Deep Fluid and Deep Life Observatory". Geomicrobiology Journal. 36 (10): 859–872. Bibcode:2019GmbJ...36..859L. doi:10.1080/01490451...
as analogs for Mars's surface and subsurface, and many studies in geomicrobiology on Earth's hot and cold deserts have been developed. In these extreme...
Distributed Clade of alpha-Proteobacteriafrom the Order Rhizobiales". Geomicrobiology Journal. 26 (3): 189–198. Bibcode:2009GmbJ...26..189A. doi:10.1080/01490450902724840...
Balkwill DL, Kennedy D, Li SM, Kostandarithes HM, et al. (July 2004). "Geomicrobiology of high-level nuclear waste-contaminated vadose sediments at the hanford...
2021. Diana E. Northup, Kathleen Lavoie (2001): Geomicrobiology of Caves: A Review, Geomicrobiology Journal, 18:3, 199–222 Bacteria, fungi and biokarst...
PMID 14532040. Gadd, G. M. (March 2010). "Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation". Microbiology. 156 (Pt 3): 609–643. doi:10.1099/mic...
microbiology such as: Microbial ecology Microbially mediated nutrient cycling Geomicrobiology Microbial diversity Bioremediation: use of micro-organisms to clean...