Comparison of rates of ureolysis between Sporosarcina pasteurii and an indigenous groundwater community under conditions required to precipitate large volumes of calcite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3290-3301

  Tobler, Dominique J ^a   Cuthbert, Mark O ^b   Greswell, Richard B ^b   Riley, Michael S ^b   Renshaw, Joanna C ^b   Handley Sidhu, Stephanie ^b   Phoenix, Vernon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CALCITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLYSIS; MICROCOSM; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 79955478015     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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