Carbonate and silicate biomineralization by phototrophs

• Microbial ecology of intracellular calcium carbonate biomineralization by Microcystis (PhD Juliette Gaëtan).
• Comparative study of modern Sardinian stromatolites with Messinian fossil ones (PhD Juliette Debrie)

• Geo-biological study of modern anaerobic microbialites as models for Precambrian stromatolites (PhD Jeanne Caumartin).
• Spectroscopic investigations to understand intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate formation in cyanobacteria (Post-doc Neha Mehta).

• ANR HARLEY : Deciphering the mechanisms involved in the hyperaccumulation of alkaline earth metals by cyanobacteria.
• Intracellular accumulation of carbonates by cyanobacteria (ERC CALCYAN).

• Sr accumulation of calcite in coccolithophores.
• Molecular mechanisms of intracellular CaCO₃ biomineralization by cyanobacteria (PhD S. Görgen).

• Microbial biomineralization of Mg silicates: actors, mechanisms and fossil traces (PhD A. De Wever).

Biomineralization of Fe sulfides by sulfate and sulfur reducing microorganisms

• Biosignatures of hyperthermophilic archaea in sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents
• Fe sulfide biomineralization by Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (ANR SRB).
• Isotopic and mineralogical approach of Fe sulfide biomineralization by sulfate reducing bacteria (PhD A Duverger).

Dynamics of transition metals (Fe, Mn) driven by biomineralization

• Microbial electroactivity in a deep crater lake (Post doc J. Berg).
• Biomineralization of biofilms for electrochemical energy storage (PhD L. Galezowski).

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