Mineralogical Characterization of Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs Biologically Precipitated during Heterotrophic Bacterial Growth
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DURING HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL GROWTH. J. Ronholm, D. Schumann, H. M. Sapers, R. M. Izawa, D. M. Applin, B. Berg, H. Vali, E. A. Cloutis, R. L. Flemming and L. G. Whyte, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T5 Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 Facility for Electron Microscopy Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T5 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 5B7
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