Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an immensely growing technology for restoration and remediation of building materials. The investigation on role of exopolymeric substances and biofilms in microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation suggested that these exopolymeric mat...
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| author | Bains, A. Dhami, N. Mukherjee, Abhijit Reddy, M. |
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| description | Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an immensely growing technology for restoration and remediation of building materials. The investigation on role of exopolymeric substances and biofilms in microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation suggested that these exopolymeric materials play major role in carbonate precipitation in Bacillus megaterium SS3 along with enzymes urease and carbonic anhydrase. The concentration of EPS directly affects the precipitation of carbonate precipitates which might be due to capturing of Ca2+ ions by acting as nucleation site. Components of the media and presence of calcium also play crucial role in production of exopolymeric substances along with affecting the morphology of carbonate precipitates. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-204572017-10-02T02:28:04Z Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates Bains, A. Dhami, N. Mukherjee, Abhijit Reddy, M. Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an immensely growing technology for restoration and remediation of building materials. The investigation on role of exopolymeric substances and biofilms in microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation suggested that these exopolymeric materials play major role in carbonate precipitation in Bacillus megaterium SS3 along with enzymes urease and carbonic anhydrase. The concentration of EPS directly affects the precipitation of carbonate precipitates which might be due to capturing of Ca2+ ions by acting as nucleation site. Components of the media and presence of calcium also play crucial role in production of exopolymeric substances along with affecting the morphology of carbonate precipitates. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20457 10.1007/s12010-015-1524-3 Humana Press Inc. restricted |
| spellingShingle | Bains, A. Dhami, N. Mukherjee, Abhijit Reddy, M. Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title | Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title_full | Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title_short | Influence of Exopolymeric Materials on Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Carbonates |
| title_sort | influence of exopolymeric materials on bacterially induced mineralization of carbonates |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20457 |