Morphology of Barium Hydrogen Phosphate Formation Induced by Phosphate-Mineralization Microbe

Phosphate-mineralization microbe was chosen to study the influences of bacterial mixture,filtrate,bacteria solution,bacterial body and bacterial secretion on barium hydrogen phosphate crystal formation.The chemical compositions and structures of samples were characterized with scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,and X-ray diffraction techniques（XRD）,revealing that the crystal morphology of barium hydrogen phosphate was dumbbell-shaped pattern,nanoparticles via aggregate clusters,irregular sphere with different sizes.The results indicated that bacterial body and bacterial secretion could induce the formation of irregular quadrilateral and spheres,respectively.But the effect of bacterial secretion was stronger than that of bacterial body when induced barium hydrogen phosphate crystal in bacteria solution.However,the crystals form could be affected only in bacterial mixture,but filtrate could induce the formation of nanoparticles.As a result,the bacteria and metabolites play an important role in the process of crystal nucleation,growth,and accumulation of barium hydrogen phosphate.

Microbially induced deposition of barium phosphates and its ingredient,morphology and size under different pH values

A phosphate-mineralization microbe was used to induce barium phosphates precipitation, and the precipitates with different types were obtained under different pH values. The average crystallite size of the barium phosphates was calculated by particle size distribution curves, and the size of the products was 33.40, 29. 37, 24. 13, 47.76 and 96. 53 μm when the pH values of the mixed solution are 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, respectively. The results of X-ray diffraction （XRD） show that the structures of the particles controlled by the mixed solution are mainly BaaPO4 when pH 〈 10; the barium phosphates are synthesized by biological deposition which is the mixture of BaHPO4 and Ba5 （PO4）3OH when pH = 10; when pH = 11, the barium phosphates are also the mixtures, which are Ba5 （PO4）3OH and BaNaPO4. The above results indicate that the phosphate-mineralization microbe can produce a certain enzyme which constantly hydrolyzes phosphate monoester in the mixed solution, and then PO4^3- ions are obtained.