Microbial Concrete, a Wonder Metabolic Product That Remediates the Defects in Building Structures

Microbes play key geoactive roles in the biosphere, particularly in the areas of element biotransformations, biogeochemical cycling and mineral transformations and formations. Recently, the ability of bacteria to produce minerals such as carbonates has been studied in detail with various uses in civ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reddy, M., Achal, V., Mukherjee, Abhijit
Other Authors: T. Satyanarayana
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33142