Synchrotron X-ray Investigations of Mineral-Microbe-Metal Interactions

Journal Article · Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Elements

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.1.4.217· OSTI ID:1008688

Kemner, Kenneth M; O'Loughlin, Edward J; Kelly, Shelly D; Boyanov, Maxim I

Interactions between microbes and minerals can play an important role in metal transformations (i.e. changes to an element's valence state, coordination chemistry, or both), which can ultimately affect that element's mobility. Mineralogy affects microbial metabolism and ecology in a system; microbes, in turn, can affect the system's mineralogy. Increasingly, synchrotron-based X-ray experiments are in routine use for determining an element's valence state and coordination chemistry, as well as for examining the role of microbes in metal transformations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1008688
• Journal Information: Elements, Vol. 1, Issue (4) ; 09, 2005; ISSN 1811-5209
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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