Carbonate precipitation through microbial activities in natural environment, and their potential in biotechnology: a review

T Zhu, M Dittrich - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Calcium carbonate represents a large portion of carbon reservoir and is used commercially
for a variety of applications. Microbial carbonate precipitation, a by-product of microbial …

Current challenges and future directions for bacterial self-healing concrete

YS Lee, W Park - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has been widely explored and
applied in the field of environmental engineering over the last decade. Calcium carbonate is …

[書籍][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Exopolymeric substances of sulfate‐reducing bacteria: interactions with calcium at alkaline pH and implication for formation of carbonate minerals

O Braissant, AW Decho, C Dupraz, C Glunk… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfate‐reducing bacteria (SRB) have been recognized as key players in the precipitation of
calcium carbonate in lithifying microbial communities. These bacteria increase the alkalinity …

Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature

JA Roberts, PA Kenward, DA Fowle… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Although the mineral dolomite is abundant in ancient low-temperature sedimentary systems,
it is scarce in modern systems below 50° C. Chemical mechanism (s) enhancing its …

[PDF][PDF] Geomicrobiology in cave environments: past, current and future perspectives

HA Barton, DE Northup - Journal of cave and karst studies, 2007 - researchgate.net
The Karst Waters Institute Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox
Geochemistry conference in 1994 was a watershed event in the history of cave …

The meaning of stromatolites

T Bosak, AH Knoll, AP Petroff - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Stromatolites document microbial interactions with sediments and flowing water throughout
recorded Earth history and have the potential to illuminate the long-term history of life and …

Aerobic microbial dolomite at the nanometer scale: Implications for the geologic record

M Sánchez-Román, C Vasconcelos, T Schmid… - …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Microbial experiments are the only proven approach to produce experimental dolomite
under Earth's surface conditions. Although microbial metabolisms are known to induce …

Combining microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) with zeolite: A new technique to reduce ammonia emission and enhance soil treatment ability of MICP …

F Su, Y Yang, Y Qi, H Zhang - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The byproduct ammonia limits the wide application of the urea-hydrolysis based microbially
induced calcite precipitation (MICP) technique. Here, we proposed a new technique termed …

A field guide to finding fossils on Mars

S McMahon, T Bosak, JP Grotzinger… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Martian surface is cold, dry, exposed to biologically harmful radiation and apparently
barren today. Nevertheless, there is clear geological evidence for warmer, wetter intervals in …