Changes in the Structure of Clay Minerals under the Influence of Algobacterial Associations

摘要

The experimental modeling on cultivating the algobacterial association with cyanobacteria predominating was performed on a clayey substratum (kaolin) consisting of kaolinite (95%) with dioctahedral hydromica, chlorite, and quartz. The x-ray study registered the disturbance in the kaolinite and hydromica lattices and the transformation of chlorite to the mixed-lattice chlorite-smectite formation.