Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Bacteria under Light

Research Article| April 01, 2012 Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Bacteria under Light Anhuai Lu; Anhuai Lu * 1The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing 100871, P.R. China * Corresponding author: ahlu@pku.edu.cn Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Yan Li; Yan Li 1The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing 100871, P.R. China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Song Jin Song Jin 2Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Anhuai Lu * 1The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing 100871, P.R. China Yan Li 1The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing 100871, P.R. China Song Jin 2Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA * Corresponding author: ahlu@pku.edu.cn Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2012 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2012) 8 (2): 125–130. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.8.2.125 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Anhuai Lu, Yan Li, Song Jin; Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Bacteria under Light. Elements 2012;; 8 (2): 125–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.8.2.125 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Asynergistic reaction pathway has been identified between semiconducting minerals and bacteria. Such reactions sustain electron and energy flow from light to nonphototrophic 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, nonphototrophic bacteria, and water. This pathway also suggests a "self-cleansing" mechanism that may exist in nature, whereby both oxidative and reductive degradation of contaminants can occur. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.