BACTERIAL PRODUCTION OF STRUVITE (MGNH4PO 4, 6H(2)O) DURING EXPERIMENTS AIMING TO PRODUCE HIGH-MG CARBONATES

Authors
PONTOIZEAU P CASTANIER S PERTHUISOT JP
Citation
P. Pontoizeau et al., BACTERIAL PRODUCTION OF STRUVITE (MGNH4PO 4, 6H(2)O) DURING EXPERIMENTS AIMING TO PRODUCE HIGH-MG CARBONATES, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 323(2), 1996, pp. 121-128
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
323
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
121 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)323:2<121:BPOS(4>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
During the course of experiments aiming to produce high-Mg carbonates through bacterial carbonatogenesis in aerobiosis, various types of str uvite corpuscles have been produced, notably ooids. Such biogenic stru ctures have already often been observed for carbonate and Ca-phosphate particles but had never been noticed for Mg-phosphate bodies. These o oids have formed in liquid medium the strict composition of which was elaborated in order to favor the production of high-Mg carbonates. The hydrated magnesium phosphate has been the only mineral obtained eithe r as ooids or as classical crystals.