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Microbial mediation of complex subterranean mineral structures

Helictites—an enigmatic type of mineral structure occurring in some caves—differ from classical speleothems as they develop with orientations that defy gravity. While theories for helictite formation have been forwarded, their genesis remains equivocal. Here, we show that a remarkable suite of helic...

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Autores principales: Tisato, Nicola, Torriani, Stefano F. F., Monteux, Sylvain, Sauro, Francesco, De Waele, Jo, Tavagna, Maria Luisa, D’Angeli, Ilenia M., Chailloux, Daniel, Renda, Michel, Eglinton, Timothy I., Bontognali, Tomaso R. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26510667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15525