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Article

Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association

by
Katerina V. Sazanova (nee Barinova)
1,2,3,*,
Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya
1,
Dmitry Yu. Vlasov
1,2,
Marina S. Zelenskaya
1,
Alexey D. Vlasov
3,
Aleksei V. Rusakov
1 and
Maya A. Petrova
4
1
St. Petersburg State University, University emb. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
2
Komarov Botanical Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Prof. Popov Street 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia
3
The Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, University emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
4
Institute of Molecular Genetics of Russian Academy of Science, sq. Kurchatova 2, 123182 Moscow, Russia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Crystals 2020, 10(9), 756; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090756
Submission received: 3 August 2020 / Revised: 22 August 2020 / Accepted: 25 August 2020 / Published: 27 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biominerals: Formation, Function, Properties)
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Abstract

Rock surfaces in natural systems are inhabited by multispecies communities of microorganisms. The biochemical activity of microorganisms and the patterns of microbial crystallization in these communities are mostly unexplored. Patterns of calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate crystallization induced by bacteria Bacillus subtilis and by B. subtilis together with Aspergillus niger on marble surface in vitro in liquid medium and in humidity chamber—were studied. Phase identification was supported by XRD, SEM, EDXS; metabolite composition was determined by GC–MS. It was found that the activity of B. subtilis–A. niger associations significantly differ from the activity of B. subtilis monocultures in the same trophic conditions. The phase composition and the morphology of the forming crystals are determined by the composition of the metabolites excreted by the microorganisms—particularly by the ratio of the concentrations of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and oxalic acid in the medium. The acidification activity of micromycetes may suppress the formation of bacterial EPS and prevent the formation of calcite. The present results can be used in the development of biotechnologies using microbial communities.
Keywords: microbial crystallization; bacterial–fungal associations; microbial metabolism; biotechnology; Bacillus spp.; Aspergillus niger; extracellular polymeric substances; calcite redeposition; oxalate crystallization; weddellite; whewellite microbial crystallization; bacterial–fungal associations; microbial metabolism; biotechnology; Bacillus spp.; Aspergillus niger; extracellular polymeric substances; calcite redeposition; oxalate crystallization; weddellite; whewellite
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Sazanova, K.V.; Frank-Kamenetskaya, O.V.; Vlasov, D.Y.; Zelenskaya, M.S.; Vlasov, A.D.; Rusakov, A.V.; Petrova, M.A. Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association. Crystals 2020, 10, 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090756

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Sazanova KV, Frank-Kamenetskaya OV, Vlasov DY, Zelenskaya MS, Vlasov AD, Rusakov AV, Petrova MA. Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association. Crystals. 2020; 10(9):756. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090756

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Sazanova (nee Barinova), Katerina V., Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Marina S. Zelenskaya, Alexey D. Vlasov, Aleksei V. Rusakov, and Maya A. Petrova. 2020. "Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association" Crystals 10, no. 9: 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090756

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Sazanova, K. V., Frank-Kamenetskaya, O. V., Vlasov, D. Y., Zelenskaya, M. S., Vlasov, A. D., Rusakov, A. V., & Petrova, M. A. (2020). Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association. Crystals, 10(9), 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090756

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