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Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review
Calcium carbonate represents a large portion of carbon reservoir and is used commercially for a variety of applications. Microbial carbonate precipitation, a by-product of microbial activities, plays an important metal coprecipitation and cementation role in natural systems. This natural process occ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26835451 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00004 |
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description | Calcium carbonate represents a large portion of carbon reservoir and is used commercially for a variety of applications. Microbial carbonate precipitation, a by-product of microbial activities, plays an important metal coprecipitation and cementation role in natural systems. This natural process occurring in various geological settings can be mimicked and used for a number of biotechnologies, such as metal remediation, carbon sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, and construction restoration. In this study, different metabolic activities leading to calcium carbonate precipitation, their native environment, and potential applications and challenges are reviewed. |
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spelling | pubmed-47189732016-01-29 Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review Zhu, Tingting Dittrich, Maria Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology Calcium carbonate represents a large portion of carbon reservoir and is used commercially for a variety of applications. Microbial carbonate precipitation, a by-product of microbial activities, plays an important metal coprecipitation and cementation role in natural systems. This natural process occurring in various geological settings can be mimicked and used for a number of biotechnologies, such as metal remediation, carbon sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, and construction restoration. In this study, different metabolic activities leading to calcium carbonate precipitation, their native environment, and potential applications and challenges are reviewed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4718973/ /pubmed/26835451 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00004 Text en Copyright © 2016 Zhu and Dittrich. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Bioengineering and Biotechnology Zhu, Tingting Dittrich, Maria Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title | Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title_full | Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title_fullStr | Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title_short | Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review |
title_sort | carbonate precipitation through microbial activities in natural environment, and their potential in biotechnology: a review |
topic | Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26835451 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00004 |
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