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Kinetics of calcite precipitation by ureolytic bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Andrew C. Mitchell
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre
for Environmental Microbiology, Aberystwyth University, SY23 3DB, UK
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Erika J. Espinosa-Ortiz
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Stacy L. Parks
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Adrienne J. Phillips
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Alfred B. Cunningham
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717, USA
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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Microbially induced carbonate mineral precipitation (MICP) is a natural process that is also being investigated for subsurface engineering applications including radionuclide immobilization and microfracture plugging. We demonstrate that rates of MICP from microbial urea hydrolysis (ureolysis) vary with different bacterial strains, but rates are similar in both oxygenated and oxygen-free conditions. Ureolysis MICP is therefore a viable biotechnology in the predominately oxygen-free subsurface.
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