PMID- 36657570 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230213 LR - 20230213 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 318 DP - 2023 Mar TI - Application of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) techniques to remove heavy metal in the natural environment: A critical review. PG - 137894 LID - S0045-6535(23)00161-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137894 [doi] AB - 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 through different food chains. The microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) method has gradually received great attention from global researchers but the underlying mechanism of heavy metal mineralization is not well-understood and challenging, limiting the applications in wastewater engineering. This paper reviews the metabolic pathways, mechanisms, operational factors, and mathematical/modeling approaches in the MICP process. Subsequently, the recent advancement in MICP for the remediation of heavy metal pollution is being discussed. In the follow-up, the key challenges and prospective associated with technical bottlenecks of MICP method are elaborated. The prospective study reveals that MICP technology could be efficiently used to remediate heavy metal contaminants from the natural environment in a cost-effective way and has the potential to improve soil properties while remediating heavy metal contaminated soil. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Kumar, Amit AU - Kumar A AD - School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China. Electronic address: amitkdah@nuist.edu.cn. FAU - Song, He-Wei AU - Song HW AD - College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China. Electronic address: jlushw@126.com. FAU - Mishra, Saurabh AU - Mishra S AD - College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China. Electronic address: saurabhmishra20057@gmail.com. FAU - Zhang, Wei AU - Zhang W AD - Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Electronic address: zh_wei@gzhu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhang, Yu-Ling AU - Zhang YL AD - College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China. Electronic address: zhangyl29@126.com. FAU - Zhang, Qian-Ru AU - Zhang QR AD - Key Laboratory of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, China. Electronic address: zhangqianru@caas.cn. FAU - Yu, Zhi-Guo AU - Yu ZG AD - School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China. Electronic address: zhiguo.yu@nuist.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230116 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Metals, Heavy) RN - 0 (Carbonates) RN - 0 (Soil) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - H0G9379FGK (Calcium Carbonate) SB - IM MH - Prospective Studies MH - *Metals, Heavy/metabolism MH - Carbonates MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Soil MH - *Soil Pollutants/metabolism MH - Calcium Carbonate/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Contamination OT - Heavy metals OT - MICP OT - Micro-remediation OT - Soil system COIS- Declaration of competing interest 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- 2023/01/20 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/14 06:00 CRDT- 2023/01/19 19:23 PHST- 2022/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/01/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/19 19:23 [entrez] AID - S0045-6535(23)00161-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137894 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2023 Mar;318:137894. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137894. Epub 2023 Jan 16.