How some microorganisms bore their way into carbonate substrates: Implications for coral reefs and mussel aquaculture
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
Geo-microbiologists have solved a long-standing conundrum about how some photosynthetic microorganisms, endolithic cyanobacteria, bore their way into limestone, sand grains, mussel shells, coral skeletons and other substrates composed of carbonate.