The gammaproteobacterium Achromatium forms intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate and not (crystalline) calcite

Karim Benzerara (1) , Romain Bolzoni (2) , Caroline Monteil (2) , Olivier Beyssac (1) , Olivier Forni (3) , Béatrice Alonso (2) , Maria Asta (4) , Christopher T. Lefèvre (2)

1 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
2 BIAM - Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille (ex-IBEB)
3 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
4 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Mineralogy; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Continental interfaces, environment

Karim Benzerara, Romain Bolzoni, Caroline Monteil, Olivier Beyssac, Olivier Forni, et al.. The gammaproteobacterium Achromatium forms intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate and not (crystalline) calcite. Geobiology, In press, ⟨10.1111/gbi.12424⟩. ⟨hal-03086061⟩