Abstract
Bacillus cereus KLUVAA Mediated Biocement Production Using Hard Water and Urea
Highlights
Biomineralization is a process of chemical modification of an environment using microbial activity that results in the precipitation of minerals
From the urea tolerance study, one strain was able to turn the Christensen’s agar plate into completely pink within 24 h at all tested concentrations of urea. This isolate was designated as KLUVAA and used for biocement production
Urea-rich paddy soil was screened for potential urease-producing bacterium with application for biocement production
Summary
Biomineralization is a process of chemical modification of an environment using microbial activity that results in the precipitation of minerals. Three different mechanisms are involved in the production of biominerals: (1) Biologically controlled mineralization consists of cellular activities that direct the formation of minerals. In this process, organisms control nucleation and growth of minerals, and are directly synthesized at a specific location within or on the cell, but only under certain conditions. (3) Biologically induced mineralization is the chemical modification of an environment by biological activity resulting in supersaturation and the precipitation of minerals[1].
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