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Interaction of Microorganisms with Soil Colloids Observed by X-Ray Microscopy

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In an X-ray laboratory study the interaction of bacteria with a sterile montmorillonite suspension was studied. It was found that the inoculation of the sterile montmorillonite suspension with a culture of soil bacteria resulted in adhesion and aggregation of montmorillonite platelets on the surface of bacterium cells. The platelets appear to be stuck in bacterial slime in a typical edge-to-face association, parallel to each other. The adhesion is due to the extracellular polysaccharides produced by the soil bacteria.

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  1. Institut für Bodenkunde und Pflanzenernährung, Martin-Luther-Universität, Weidenplan 14, D-06108, Halle, Germany

    Galina Machulla

  2. Forschungseinrichtung Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität, Geiststrasse 11, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Jürgen Thieme

  3. Fachbereich VI — Geowissenschaften, Abteilung Bodenkunde, Universität Trier, D-54286, Trier, Germany

    Jürgen Niemeyer

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  1. Forschungseinrichtung Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Geiststrasse 11, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Jürgen Thieme , Günter Schmahl  & Dietbert Rudolph ,  & 

  2. Experimentelle Physik II, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany

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Machulla, G., Thieme, J., Niemeyer, J. (1998). Interaction of Microorganisms with Soil Colloids Observed by X-Ray Microscopy. In: Thieme, J., Schmahl, G., Rudolph, D., Umbach, E. (eds) X-Ray Microscopy and Spectromicroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72106-9_14

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