Application of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) techniques to remove heavy metal in the natural environment: A critical review

A Kumar, HW Song, S Mishra, W Zhang, YL Zhang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of imbalanced heavy metals concentration due to anthropogenic hindrances
in the aquatic and terrestrial environment has become a potential risk to life after circulating …

The structure-based reaction mechanism of urease, a nickel dependent enzyme: tale of a long debate

L Mazzei, F Musiani, S Ciurli - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic …, 2020 - Springer
This review is an attempt to retrace the chronicle that starts from the discovery of the role of
nickel as the essential metal ion in urease for the enzymatic catalysis of urea, a key step in …

[HTML][HTML] Urease-aided calcium carbonate mineralization for engineering applications: A review

B Krajewska - Journal of Advanced Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Inducing calcium carbonate precipitation is another important function of urease in nature.
The process takes advantage of the supply of carbonate ions derived from urea hydrolysis …

[HTML][HTML] Ureases: Historical aspects, catalytic, and non-catalytic properties–A review

K Kappaun, AR Piovesan, CR Carlini… - Journal of advanced …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5. 1.5) is a nickel-containing enzyme produced
by plants, fungi, and bacteria that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in design of new urease inhibitors: A review

P Kafarski, M Talma - Journal of advanced research, 2018 - Elsevier
Urease is a nickel-dependent metalloenzyme found in plants, some bacteria, and fungi.
Bacterial enzyme is of special importance since it has been demonstrated as a potent …

The role of bacterial urease activity on the uniformity of carbonate precipitation profiles of bio-treated coarse sand specimens

C Konstantinou, Y Wang, G Biscontin, K Soga - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Protocols for microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) have been extensively
studied in the literature to optimise the process with regard to the amount of injected …

A review of enzyme induced carbonate precipitation (EICP): The role of enzyme kinetics

I Ahenkorah, MM Rahman, MR Karim, S Beecham… - Sustainable …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) is a relatively new bio-cementation
technique for ground improvement. In EICP, calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) precipitation …

Enzyme kinetics by isothermal titration calorimetry: Allostery, inhibition, and dynamics

Y Wang, G Wang, N Moitessier… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) involves accurately measuring the heat that is released
or absorbed in real time when one solution is titrated into another. This technique is usually …

Assessment of the ecotoxicity of pollution by potentially toxic elements by biological indicators of haplic chernozem of Southern Russia (Rostov region)

S Kolesnikov, T Minnikova, K Kazeev… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2022 - Springer
The content of various chemical elements such as metals, metalloids, and nonmetals in the
environment is associated with natural and anthropogenic sources. It is necessary to …

[PDF][PDF] P13, the EMBL macromolecular crystallography beamline at the low-emittance PETRA III ring for high-and low-energy phasing with variable beam focusing

M Cianci, G Bourenkov, G Pompidor… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
The macromolecular crystallography P13 beamline is part of the European Molecular
Biology Laboratory Integrated Facility for Structural Biology at PETRA III (DESY, Hamburg …