bioweathering

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ weathering

Noun

bioweathering (uncountable)

1. weathering of organic compounds from fossil biological material
   • 2016 January 26, “Genome Analysis of the Biotechnologically Relevant Acidophilic Iron Oxidising Strain JA12 Indicates Phylogenetic and Metabolic Diversity within the Novel Genus “ Ferrovum ””, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     However, traces of urea in the AMD waters of the lignite mining site may be generated by bioweathering processes of the fossil organic matter in the lignite similar to bioweathering of the organic matter in copper shales [67, 68 ].