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Catalytic biomineralization of fluorescent calcite by the thermophilic bacterium geobacillus thermoglucosidasius

Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2010) 76(21) 7322-7327
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01767-10
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The thermophilic Geobacillus bacterium catalyzed the formation of 100-μm hexagonal crystals at 60 ° C in a hydrogel containing sodium acetate, calcium chloride, and magnesium sulfate. Under fluorescence microscopy,crystals fluoresced upon excitation at 365 ± 5, 480 ± 20, or 545 ± 15 nm. X-ray diffraction indicated that the crystals were magnesium-calcite in calcite-type calcium carbonate. Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology.

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Yoshida, N., & Higashimura, E. (2010). Catalytic biomineralization of fluorescent calcite by the thermophilic bacterium geobacillus thermoglucosidasius. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(21), 7322–7327. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01767-10

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