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Interactions Between Semiconducting Minerals and Microbes

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A synergistic reaction pathway has been identified between semiconducting minerals and bacteria. Such reactions sustain electron and energy flow from light to non-phototrophic bacteria via semiconducting minerals, which act as a catalytic shuttle. Understanding this pathway may shed light on a unique ecosystem that potentially carries out phototrophic metabolism without the involvement of phototrophic organisms. Four key natural elements of this system are sunlight, semiconducting minerals, non-phototrophic bacteria, and water. This pathway also suggests a “self-purification” mechanism that may exist in nature, whereby both oxidative and reductive degradation of contaminants can occur.

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Lu, A., Li, Y., Wang, C., Ding, H. (2023). Interactions Between Semiconducting Minerals and Microbes. In: Introduction to Environmental Mineralogy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7792-3_8

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