PMID- 34716869
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220303
LR  - 20220303
IS  - 1559-0291 (Electronic)
IS  - 0273-2289 (Linking)
VI  - 194
IP  - 3
DP  - 2022 Mar
TI  - Microbial Concrete-a Sustainable Solution for Concrete Construction.
PG  - 1401-1416
LID - 10.1007/s12010-021-03604-x [doi]
AB  - In the ever-increasing demand of construction and construction materials 
      worldwide, concrete is the most extensively used material for construction 
      purposes almost next to the water. Therefore, there is a dire need of clean, 
      green and durable concrete. Recently, an environmentally friendly strategy has 
      been employed to manufacture bio-concrete by the usage of microorganisms in the 
      traditional concrete to enhance its durability and compressive strength. In this 
      review, we discuss the role of microbes in influencing the various properties of 
      concrete such as compressive strength, flexural strength and tensile strength by 
      reducing the concrete porosity and diminishing water absorption. The mechanism of 
      microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) in the traditional 
      concrete by the action of microbes which resulted in the formation of 
      bio-concrete as an improved building material has also been discussed. 
      Additionally, an in-depth comparative analysis of the performance of bio-concrete 
      with the traditional concrete synthesized from various industrial wastes such as 
      silica fume, rice husk ash and metakaolin in terms of different properties such 
      as compressive strength, flexural strength and percentage water absorption has 
      been presented. This review highlights the impact of usage of microbes in the 
      conventional concrete to produce novel and eco-friendly bio-concrete in 
      construction technology.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business 
      Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Kaur, Parampreet
AU  - Kaur P
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State University, 
      Ferozepur, India. parampreet@sbsstc.ac.in.
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, 
      Punjab, India. parampreet@sbsstc.ac.in.
FAU - Singh, Varinder
AU  - Singh V
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, 
      Punjab, India.
FAU - Arora, Amit
AU  - Arora A
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State University, 
      Ferozepur, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20211030
PL  - United States
TA  - Appl Biochem Biotechnol
JT  - Applied biochemistry and biotechnology
JID - 8208561
SB  - IM
MH  - *Construction Materials
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bacteria
OT  - Compressive strength
OT  - MICP
OT  - RCPT
OT  - Water absorption
EDAT- 2021/10/31 06:00
MHDA- 2022/03/04 06:00
CRDT- 2021/10/30 12:10
PHST- 2020/08/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/06/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/10/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/03/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/30 12:10 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s12010-021-03604-x [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s12010-021-03604-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2022 Mar;194(3):1401-1416. doi: 
      10.1007/s12010-021-03604-x. Epub 2021 Oct 30.