Research Article
Bioprecipitation of Calcium Carbonate Crystals by Bacteria Isolated from Saline Environments Grown in Culture Media Amended with Seawater and Real Brine
Figure 3
X-ray map of the precipitate formed in the solid medium (SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM5, SM6, and M1) and SM2 liquid medium inoculated with the strain S3 and strain M3. Calcite CaCO3; dolomite Ca Mg (CO3)2; aragonite CaCO3; gypsum CaSO4·H2O; bassanite 2CaSO4·H2O; and monohydrocalcite CaCO3·H2O.