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Influencing factors on ureolytic microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation for biocementation. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:61. [PMID: 36576609 PMCID: PMC9797461 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03499-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a technique that has received a lot of attention in the field of geotechnology in the last decade. It has the potential to provide a sustainable and ecological alternative to conventional consolidation of minerals, for example by the use of cement. From a variety of microbiological metabolic pathways that can induce calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation, ureolysis has been established as the most commonly used method. To better understand the mechanisms of MICP and to develop new processes and optimize existing ones based on this understanding, ureolytic MICP is the subject of intensive research. The interplay of biological and civil engineering aspects shows how interdisciplinary research needs to be to advance the potential of this technology. This paper describes and critically discusses, based on current literature, the key influencing factors involved in the cementation of sand by ureolytic MICP. Due to the complexity of MICP, these factors often influence each other, making it essential for researchers from all disciplines to be aware of these factors and its interactions. Furthermore, this paper discusses the opportunities and challenges for future research in this area to provide impetus for studies that can further advance the understanding of MICP.
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Optimizing compressive strength of sand treated with MICP using response surface methodology. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-022-05169-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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AbstractIn the present study, the optimization of the microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) to produce biosandstone regarding the compressive strength is shown. For the biosandstone production, quartz sand was treated sequentially with the ureolytic microorganism Sporosarcina pasteurii (ATCC 11859) and a reagent containing urea and calcium chloride. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to investigate the influence of urea concentration, calcium chloride concentration and the volume of cell suspension on the compressive strength of produced biosandstone. A central composite design (CCD) was employed, and the resulting experimental data applied to a quadratic model. The statistical significance of the model was verified by experimental data (R2 = 0.9305). Optimized values for the concentration of urea and calcium chloride were 1492 mM and 1391 mM. For the volume of cell suspension during treatment 7.47 mL was determined as the optimum. Specimen treated under these conditions achieved a compressive strength of 1877 ± 240 kPa. This is an improvement of 144% over specimen treated with a reagent that is commonly used in literature (1000 mM urea/1000 mM CaCl2). This protocol allows for a more efficient production of biosandstone in future research regarding MICP.
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Strieth D. Nachhaltigkeit in der Bioverfahrenstechnik. CHEM-ING-TECH 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202200053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dorina Strieth
- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße 49 67663 Kaiserslautern Deutschland
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Guzman M, Iyer J, Kim P, Kopp D, Dong Z, Foroughi P, Yung MC, Riman RE, Jiao Y. Microbial Carbonation of Monocalcium Silicate. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:12524-12535. [PMID: 35474837 PMCID: PMC9025989 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biocement formed through microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an emerging biotechnology focused on reducing the environmental impact of concrete production. In this system, CO2 species are provided via ureolysis by Sporosarcina pasteurii (S. pasteurii) to carbonate monocalcium silicate for MICP. This is one of the first studies of its kind that uses a solid-state calcium source, while prior work has used highly soluble forms. Our study focuses on microbial physiological, chemical thermodynamic, and kinetic studies of MICP. Monocalcium silicate incongruently dissolves to form soluble calcium, which must be coupled with CO2 release to form calcium carbonate. Chemical kinetic modeling shows that calcium solubility is the rate-limiting step, but the addition of organic acids significantly increases the solubility, enabling extensive carbonation to proceed up to 37 mol %. The microbial urease activity by S. pasteurii is active up to pH 11, 70 °C, and 1 mol L-1 CaCl2, producing calcite as a means of solidification. Cell-free extracts are also effective albeit less robust at extreme pH, producing calcite with different physical properties. Together, these data help determine the chemical, biological, and thermodynamic parameters critical for scaling microbial carbonation of monocalcium silicate to high-density cement and concrete.
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- Michael
S. Guzman
- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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Zehner J, Røyne A, Sikorski P. A sample cell for the study of enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation at the grain-scale and its implications for biocementation. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13675. [PMID: 34211000 PMCID: PMC8249643 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92235-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Biocementation is commonly based on microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) or enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP), where biomineralization of [Formula: see text] in a granular medium is used to produce a sustainable, consolidated porous material. The successful implementation of biocementation in large-scale applications requires detailed knowledge about the micro-scale processes of [Formula: see text] precipitation and grain consolidation. For this purpose, we present a microscopy sample cell that enables real time and in situ observations of the precipitation of [Formula: see text] in the presence of sand grains and calcite seeds. In this study, the sample cell is used in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) which allows the monitoring in situ of local pH during the reaction. The sample cell can be disassembled at the end of the experiment, so that the precipitated crystals can be characterized with Raman microspectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) without disturbing the sample. The combination of the real time and in situ monitoring of the precipitation process with the possibility to characterize the precipitated crystals without further sample processing, offers a powerful tool for knowledge-based improvements of biocementation.
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- Jennifer Zehner
- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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- The Njord Centre, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Zehner J, Røyne A, Sikorski P. Calcite seed-assisted microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0240763. [PMID: 33561160 PMCID: PMC7872276 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a biological process inducing biomineralization of CaCO3. This can be used to form a solid, concrete-like material. To be able to use MICP successfully to produce solid materials, it is important to understand the formation process of the material in detail. It is well known that crystallization surfaces can influence the precipitation process. Therefore, we present in this contribution a systematic study investigating the influence of calcite seeds on the MICP process. We focus on the changes in the pH and changes of the optical density (OD) signal measured with absorption spectroscopy to analyze the precipitation process. Furthermore, optical microscopy was used to visualize the precipitation processes in the sample and connect them to changes in the pH and OD. We show, that there is a significant difference in the pH evolution between samples with and without calcite seeds present and that the shape of the pH evolution and the changes in OD can give detailed information about the mineral precipitation and transformations. In the presented experiments we show, that amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) can also precipitate in the presence of initial calcite seeds and this can have implications for consolidated MICP materials.
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- Jennifer Zehner
- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- The Njord Centre, Department of Physics, University of Oslo (UiO), Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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Zehner J, Røyne A, Wentzel A, Sikorski P. Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation: an experimental toolbox for in situ and real time investigation of micro-scale pH evolution. RSC Adv 2020; 10:20485-20493. [PMID: 35517729 PMCID: PMC9054232 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03897k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Concrete is the second most consumed product by humans, after water. However, the production of conventional concrete causes more than 5% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and therefore there is a need for emission-reduced construction materials. One method to produce a solid, concrete-like construction material is microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP). To get a better understanding of MICP it is important to be able to follow local pH changes in dissolution and precipitation processes of CaCO3. In this work we present a new method to study processes of MICP at the micro-scale in situ and in real time. We present two different methods to monitor the pH changes during the precipitation process of CaCO3. In the first method, the average pH of small sample volumes is measured in real time, and pH changes are subsequently correlated with processes in the sample by comparing to optical microscope results. The second method is introduced to follow local pH changes at a grain scale in situ and in real time. Furthermore, local pH changes during the dissolution of CaCO3 crystals are monitored. We demonstrate that these two methods are powerful tools to investigate the pH changes for both MICP precipitation and CaCO3 dissolution for knowledge-based improvement of MICP-based material properties. We present two novel experimental methods to follow global and local pH changes on a microscale in bio-cementation processes.![]()
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- Jennifer Zehner
- Department of Physics
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Trondheim
- Norway
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- The Njord Centre
- Department of Physics
- University of Oslo (UiO)
- Oslo
- Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine
- SINTEF Industry
- Trondheim
- Norway
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- Department of Physics
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Trondheim
- Norway
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