Single-step removal of calcium, fluoride, and phenol from contaminated water by Aquabacterium sp. CZ3 via facultative anaerobic microbially induced calcium …

R Zhang, X Wang, A Ali, J Su, Z Wang, J Li, Y Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Confronting the complex contaminated water, Aquabacterium sp. CZ3 could perform
microbially induced calcium precipitation (MICP) under facultative anaerobic condition using …

Passivation of heavy metals in copper–nickel tailings by in-situ bio-mineralization: A pilot trial and mechanistic analysis

Z He, Y Xu, X Yang, J Shi, X Wang, Z Jin… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal tailings contain a variety of toxic heavy metals and have potential environmental risks
owing to long-term open piling. In the present study, a strain of ureolytic bacteria with bio …

Facilitated Mechanism of Biological Vaterite Stability Mediated by Bacillus velezensis and Its Secretions

H Liu, H Huang, W Nie, M Sun, X Li… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacteria from various natural habitats have been found to be able to induce the formation of
acid-resistant and heat-resistant vaterite; however, the mechanism underpinning their …

Role of bacteria on bio-induced calcium carbonate formation: insights from droplet microfluidic experiments

J Zhang, Y Xiao, H Liu, J Chu - Géotechnique, 2024 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has emerged as a promising
solution for geotechnical issues. However, the role of bacteria in the formation of calcium …

Calcification of cell membranes: From ions to minerals

X Gao, J Li, K Hu, Y Zhao, Y Han, F Liu, ME Tucker… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The whole process of cell membrane calcification of Bacillus licheniformis DB1–9 was
studied by molecular dynamics (MD) and microbially-induced carbonate precipitation …

Mechanisms of carbonate precipitation induced by two model bacteria

X Li, X He, K Ren, H Dong, B Lian - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The investigation of microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is essential to
understanding CO 2 fixation, marine carbonate rock formation, and biogeochemical cycling …

[HTML][HTML] The Re/Mo redox proxy reconsidered

GR Helz - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared to continental crust, marine sediments accumulating beneath O 2 depleted
waters are enriched in Re and Mo, with Re/Mo ratios that vary by more than two orders of …

Biomineralization in cave bacteria—popcorn and soda straw crystal formations, morphologies, and potential metabolic pathways

K Koning, R McFarlane, JT Gosse… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Caves are extreme, often oligotrophic, environments that house diverse groups of
microorganisms. Many of these microbes can perform microbiologically induced carbonate …

Enterobacter sp. biofilm at the air-water interface promotes carbonate precipitation

Z Su, S Zhang, W Zhang, Z Guo, F Li, X Li - International Biodeterioration & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofilm capable of carbonate mineralization can create supersaturated carbonate
microenvironment around it. However, the contribution of biofilms in microbially-induced …

Microbial EPS‐mediated amorphous calcium carbonate–monohydrocalcite–calcite transformations during early tufa deposition

PL Broughton - The Depositional Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Holocene Wolfenden tufa deposit in south‐eastern British Columbia, western
Canada, preserves a unique record of the earliest stages of calcium carbonate deposition …