PMID- 36159179
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220928
IS  - 2666-4984 (Electronic)
IS  - 2096-9643 (Print)
IS  - 2666-4984 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2021 Apr
TI  - MICP as a potential sustainable technique to treat or entrap contaminants in the 
      natural environment: A review.
PG  - 100096
LID - 10.1016/j.ese.2021.100096 [doi]
LID - 100096
AB  - In the last two decades, developments in the area of biomineralization has 
      yielded promising results making it a potentially environmentally friendly 
      technique for a wide range of applications in engineering and wastewater/heavy 
      metal remediation. Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) has led to 
      numerous patented applications ranging from novel strains and nutrient sources 
      for the precipitation of biominerals. Studies are being constantly published to 
      optimize the process to become a promising, cost effective, ecofriendly approach 
      when compared with the existing traditional remediation technologies which are 
      implemented to solve multiple contamination/pollution issues. Heavy metal 
      pollution still poses a major threat towards compromising the ecosystem. The 
      removal of heavy metals is of high importance due to their recalcitrance and 
      persistence in the environment. In that perspective, this paper reviews the 
      current and most significant discoveries and applications of MICP towards the 
      conversion of heavy metals into heavy metal carbonates and removal of calcium 
      from contaminated media such as polluted water. It is evident from the literature 
      survey that although heavy metal carbonate research is very effective in removal, 
      is still in its early stages but could serve as a solution if the microorganisms 
      are stimulated directly in the heavy metal environment.
CI  - (c) 2021 The Author(s).
FAU - Rajasekar, Adharsh
AU  - Rajasekar A
AD  - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution 
      Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and 
      Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science 
      &Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
FAU - Wilkinson, Stephen
AU  - Wilkinson S
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai, United 
      Arab Emirates.
FAU - Moy, Charles K S
AU  - Moy CKS
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, 
      Jiangsu, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20210513
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Sci Ecotechnol
JT  - Environmental science and ecotechnology
JID - 9918453988906676
PMC - PMC9488051
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Biomineralization
OT  - Heavy meal entrapment
OT  - MICP
OT  - Urease enzyme
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper..
EDAT- 2021/05/13 00:00
MHDA- 2021/05/13 00:01
PMCR- 2021/05/13
CRDT- 2022/09/26 17:31
PHST- 2021/03/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/05/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/05/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/26 17:31 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/05/13 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/13 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2666-4984(21)00020-X [pii]
AID - 100096 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ese.2021.100096 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Environ Sci Ecotechnol. 2021 May 13;6:100096. doi: 10.1016/j.ese.2021.100096. 
      eCollection 2021 Apr.