by Elio — Bio­min­er­al­iza­tion has long been rec­og­nized as an im­por­tant al­beit not al­ways ap­pre­ci­ated process in mi­cro­bi­ol­ogy. Too bad, be­cause mi­crobes have lit­er­ally made moun­tains. They have formed huge rock de­posits, such as the cel­e­brated White Cliffs of Dover, these be­ing the ac­cu­mu­la­tion of cal­cium car­bon­ate shells of the alga…