Calcium carbonate precipitation by strain Bacillus licheniformis AK01, newly isolated from loamy soil: A promising alternative for sealing cement-based materials

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-111

  Vahabi, Ali ^a,b   Ramezanianpour, Ali Akbar ^b   Sharafi, Hakimeh ^a   Zahiri, Hossein Shahbani ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^c   Noghabi, Kambiz Akbari ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis AK01; Calcite precipitation; Mortar; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; RNA 16S;

BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACILLUS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84921320898     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201300560     Document Type: Article

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