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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-5242</article-id>
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<article-title>Influences of CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and Fungus-Assisted Bioweathering on Fluoridated Apatite</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Su</surname>
<given-names>Mu</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cao</surname>
<given-names>Yuyang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tang</surname>
<given-names>Lingyi</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Weng</surname>
<given-names>Haoyang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shao</surname>
<given-names>Xiaoqing</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Zhijun</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mendes</surname>
<given-names>Gilberto de Oliveira</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Meng</surname>
<given-names>Lingzi</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xu</surname>
<given-names>Meiyue</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>He</surname>
<given-names>Kun</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Zibo</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Luo</surname>
<given-names>Mao</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gadd</surname>
<given-names>Geoffrey Michael</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Zhen</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and  Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing,  Jiangsu 210095, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Laboratório de Microbiologia e Fitopatologia, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo, MG, Brazil</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Petroleum Geochemistry, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and  Development, China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing 100083, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Geomicrobiology Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH,  Scotland, UK</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>These authors contributed equally to this work.</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>12</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>24</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Mu Su et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Fluoridated apatite (FAP) is the dominant P source for ecosystems. However, the bioweathering of FAP is still not fully elucidated. In this study, phosphate-solubilizing fungus (&lt;em&gt;Aspergillus niger&lt;/em&gt;) was firstly incubated in soil to examine the weathering of FAP, on both cross and longitudinal sections. It showed that the fungus induced more pronounced erosion channels on the cross sections in a P-deficient soil. We therefore aimed to disentangle the relative contributions of biological (phosphate-solubilizing fungus) and abiotic factors (CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and crystal face orientation) to the observed weathering contrasts. To further investigate the weathering contrasts on different sections of FAP, incubation was conducted in a culture medium. Fungal colonization on the cross section of FAP resulted in deeper P depletion zones and enriched secondary minerals (primarily calcium oxalate) than those on the longitudinal section. Additionally, elevated CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; (10 %) significantly accelerated the weathering of FAP on the cross section, which was confirmed by its enhanced surface roughness, further promoted fungal colonization and subsequent bioweathering for FAP. Synergistic interactions between fungi and elevated CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; accelerate phosphate mineral weathering, providing a new insight on P cycling in soil microenvironments such as the rhizosphere.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
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<funding-source>National Key Research and Development Program of China</funding-source>
<award-id>2023YFC3707600</award-id>
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<funding-source>China Postdoctoral Science Foundation</funding-source>
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