Calcium carbonate precipitation by marine bacteria
作者:
JamesA. Novitsky,
期刊:
Geomicrobiology Journal
(Taylor Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 4
页码: 375-388
ISSN:0149-0451
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1080/01490458109377775
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Calcium carbonate precipitation by bacterial activity was noted in seawater collected from offshore Bermuda as well as from Halifax Harbor, provided that a minimum of 70 mg/liter of organic matter was added in addition to trimethylamine‐N‐oxide (TMAO) or sodium nitrate (final minimum concentrations, 1.33 and 0.17 g/liter, respectively). Observations made during these investigations indicated that the pH was the most important factor in the initiation of carbonate precipitation; the addition of calcium acetate, sodium carbonate, calcium sulfate, or ammonium carbonate did not result in carbonate precipitation. Precipitation was noted in cultures only when the pH exceeded 8.3. Precipitation occurred in the absence of bacteria when the culture was filtered after the pH increased to above 8.3 (2 days after nutrient amendment). Filter‐sterilized seawater, adjusted to pH 8.4 or above with NH4OH, also precipitated carbonates. A study of 53 random isolates from Bermuda waters and sediments revealed that only 20% of the isolates were able to precipitate carbonates. In most cases, the calcium carbonate precipitating isolates raised the pH above 9.0. No isolates from Bermuda or Halifax Harbor have yet been discovered that are able to precipitate calcium carbonates at in situ pH values.
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