| [biomineralization at hot springs and mineral springs, and their significance in relation to the earth's history]. | recently, there is strong interest on microbe-mineral interactions. this is related also to recent expanded knowledges on extremely severe environments in which microbes live. interaction between microbes and minerals contains biomineralization processes. varieties of biomineralization products are found not only in various geologic materials and processes in the earth's history but also in present surface environments. some hot springs represent such environments similar to those of unique and ... | 2000 | 11589228 |