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SUBMITTER: Enyedi NT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Enyedi Nóra Tünde NT Makk Judit J Kótai László L Berényi Bernadett B Klébert Szilvia S Sebestyén Zoltán Z Molnár Zsombor Z Borsodi Andrea K AK Leél-Őssy Szabolcs S Demény Attila A Németh Péter P
Scientific reports 20200526 1
Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is a precursor of crystalline calcium carbonates that plays a key role in biomineralization and polymorph evolution. Here, we show that several bacterial strains isolated from a Hungarian cave produce ACC and their extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) shields ACC from crystallization. The findings demonstrate that bacteria-produced ACC forms in water-rich environment at room temperature and is stable for at least half year, which is in contrast to laboratory- ...[more]