The crystallization of calcium oxalates (weddellite and whewellite) by interaction of natural and synthetic apatites and fossilized tooth tissue with fungus Aspergillus niger, one of most active acid producers, was studied in vitro. The morphology and the sequence of formation of growing oxalate hydrate crystals were revealed. It was shown that morphogenetic patterns of calcium oxalate crystallization on apatite substrates under the action of Aspergillus niger micromycete are determined by the chemical properties of the crystallization medium, which depends on the solubility of the underlying substrate and on its chemical composition and structural features (dispersity and porosity). The main difference between oxalate crystallization under the influence of Aspergillus niger micromycete on the surface of apatite substrates and on the surface of calcite marble is the predominance of whewellite over weddellite on all stages of growth.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProcesses and Phenomena on the Boundary Between Biogenic and Abiogenic Nature
Subtitle of host publicationConference proceedings
EditorsOlga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitry Yu. Vlasov, Elena G. Panova, Sofia N. Lessovaia
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages581-603
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)9783030216146
ISBN (Print)9783030216139
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventVI International Symposium "Biogenic-abiogenic interactions in natural and anthropogenic systems", devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Saint-Petersburg Naturalists Society - СПбГУ, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 24 Sep 201827 Sep 2018
Conference number: VI

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
PublisherSPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
ISSN (Print)2193-8571

Conference

ConferenceVI International Symposium "Biogenic-abiogenic interactions in natural and anthropogenic systems", devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Saint-Petersburg Naturalists Society
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySaint-Petersburg
Period24/09/1827/09/18

    Research areas

  • Aspergillus niger, Biocrystallization, Calcium oxalate hydrates, Microbial metabolism, Microscopic fungi, Weddellite, Whewellite

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computers in Earth Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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