Controls on the rate of ureolysis and the morphology of carbonate precipitated by S. Pasteurii biofilms and limits due to bacterial encapsulation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Cuthbert, Mark O ^a   Riley, Michael S ^a   Handley Sidhu, Stephanie ^a   Renshaw, Joanna C ^a   Tobler, Dominique J ^b   Phoenix, Vernon R ^b   Mackay, Rae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP); Permeability reduction; Ureolysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CRYSTAL SIZE; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; POWER LAW; PRECIPITATE SIZE; PRECIPITATION RATES; REACTION EFFICIENCY; TIME-SCALES; UREOLYSIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATES; REACTION RATES; UREA;

CALCITE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCITE; CARBONATE; GRANITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 84857387166     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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