Clay-Microbe Interactions and Implications for Environmental Mitigation

Research Article| April 01, 2012 Clay–Microbe Interactions and Implications for Environmental Mitigation Hailiang Dong Hailiang Dong 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China2Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USAE-mail: dongh@cugb.edu.cn or dongh@muohio.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hailiang Dong 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China2Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USAE-mail: dongh@cugb.edu.cn or dongh@muohio.edu Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2012 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2012) 8 (2): 113–118. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.8.2.113 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Hailiang Dong; Clay–Microbe Interactions and Implications for Environmental Mitigation. Elements 2012;; 8 (2): 113–118. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.8.2.113 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Clay minerals are ubiquitous in soils, sediments, and sedimentary rocks, and they play important roles in environmental processes. Microbes are also abundant in these geological media, and they interact with clays via a variety of mechanisms, such as reduction and oxidation of structural iron and mineral dissolution and precipitation through the production of siderophores and organic acids. These interactions greatly accelerate clay mineral reaction rates. While it is certain that microbes play important roles in clay mineral transformations, quantitative assessment of these roles is limited. This paper reviews some active areas of research on clay–microbe interactions and provides perspectives for future work. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.