PMID- 31076835
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190912
LR  - 20190912
IS  - 1432-0614 (Electronic)
IS  - 0175-7598 (Linking)
VI  - 103
IP  - 12
DP  - 2019 Jun
TI  - Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation: a widespread phenomenon in 
      the biological world.
PG  - 4693-4708
LID - 10.1007/s00253-019-09861-5 [doi]
AB  - Biodeposition of minerals is a widespread phenomenon in the biological world and 
      is mediated by bacteria, fungi, protists, and plants. Calcium carbonate is one of 
      those minerals that naturally precipitate as a by-product of microbial metabolic 
      activities. Over recent years, microbially induced calcium carbonate 
      precipitation (MICP) has been proposed as a potent solution to address many 
      environmental and engineering issues. However, for being a viable alternative to 
      conventional techniques as well as being financially and industrially 
      competitive, various challenges need to be overcome. In this review, the detailed 
      metabolic pathways, including ammonification of amino acids, dissimilatory 
      reduction of nitrate, and urea degradation (ureolysis), along with the potent 
      bacteria and the favorable conditions for precipitation of calcium carbonate, are 
      explained. Moreover, this review highlights the potential environmental and 
      engineering applications of MICP, including restoration of stones and concrete, 
      improvement of soil properties, sand consolidation, bioremediation of 
      contaminants, and carbon dioxide sequestration. The key research and development 
      questions necessary for near future large-scale applications of this innovative 
      technology are also discussed.
FAU - Seifan, Mostafa
AU  - Seifan M
AD  - School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of 
      Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
FAU - Berenjian, Aydin
AU  - Berenjian A
AD  - School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of 
      Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. aydin.berenjian@waikato.ac.nz.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20190511
PL  - Germany
TA  - Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
JT  - Applied microbiology and biotechnology
JID - 8406612
RN  - 0 (Amino Acids)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide)
RN  - 8W8T17847W (Urea)
RN  - H0G9379FGK (Calcium Carbonate)
SB  - IM
MH  - Amino Acids/metabolism
MH  - Bacteria/*metabolism
MH  - *Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Calcium Carbonate/*metabolism
MH  - Carbon Dioxide/*metabolism
MH  - *Chemical Precipitation
MH  - Environmental Microbiology
MH  - Metabolic Networks and Pathways
MH  - Soil/chemistry
MH  - Urea/metabolism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bacteria
OT  - Bioremediation
OT  - Calcium carbonate
OT  - Concrete
OT  - MICP
OT  - Soil
EDAT- 2019/05/12 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/13 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/12 06:00
PHST- 2019/04/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/04/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/05/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/12 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00253-019-09861-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s00253-019-09861-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 Jun;103(12):4693-4708. doi: 
      10.1007/s00253-019-09861-5. Epub 2019 May 11.