Key Applications of Biomineralization

Akyel, Arda; Coburn, Mark; Phillips, Adrienne J.; Gerlach, Robin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80807-5_10

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“…Our study highlights that photosynthesis carried out by Cyanobacteria and potentially Rubrimonas and Roseicyclus could be a driver of MICP in terrestrial environments, in addition to its role in marine stromatolites and whiting events. It is important to acknowledge that photosynthetically-produced CaCO3 comes with certain limitations as it can only be used in aboveground applications, such as building and construction materials or, depending on the light penetration depths and porosity of the soil matrix, near groundsurface and stabilization applications (75). Addressing these issues will be critical for the development of reliable and effective bio-mediated technologies for soil stabilization and construction, and will require interdisciplinary collaborations between microbiologists, geologists, materials scientists, and engineers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation at a CO2-rich Geyser

Violette,

Hyland,

Burgener

et al. 2024

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Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a natural process with potential biotechnological applications to address both carbon sequestration and sustainable construction needs. However, our understanding of the microbial processes involved in MICP is limited to a few well-researched pathways such as ureolytic hydrolysis. To expand our knowledge of MICP, we conducted an omics-based study on sedimentary communities from travertine around the CO2-driven Crystal Geyser near Green River, Utah. Using metagenomics and metaproteomics, we identified the community members and potential metabolic pathways involved in MICP. We found variations in microbial community composition between the two sites we sampled, but Rhodobacterales were consistently the most abundant order, including both chemoheterotrophs and anoxygenic phototrophs. We also identified several highly abundant genera of Cyanobacteriales. The dominance of these community members across both sites and the abundant presence of photosynthesis-related proteins suggest that photosynthesis could play a role in MICP at Crystal Geyser. We also found abundant bacterial proteins involved in phosphorous starvation response at both sites suggesting that P-limitation shapes both composition and function of the microbial community driving MICP. Our study emphasizes the possible involvement of photosynthesis in MICP processes at Crystal Geyser and suggests that P-limitation may either hinder or facilitate MICP within the community.

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confidence: 99%

Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation at a CO2-rich Geyser

Violette,

Hyland,

Burgener

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Among them, strategies related to: (i) improvement of soil mechanical properties; (ii) chemical and physical stabilization; (iii) liquefaction, permeability and neutralization of acid leachates; (iv) resistance to water lixiviation, seismic action and wind erosion; (v) bioremediation, phytoremediation and biomineralization, are some of the most studied techniques ( Edraki et al, 2014 ; De Giudici et al, 2019 ; Kiventerä et al, 2019 ; Barati et al, 2020 ; Kaseng et al, 2020 ; Kiventerä et al, 2020 ; Xie and van Zyl, 2020 ; East and Fernandez, 2021 ; Gerding et al, 2021 ; Rezasoltani, 2021 ; Woodcock, 2021 ; Zandarin, 2021 ; Jayapal et al, 2023 ; Si et al, 2023 ). Currently, biotechnological applications using biomineralizing microorganisms have generated interest in the materials industry, because they significantly reduce the energy demand to produce biocement if compared to that necessary for the conventional cement and, moreover, they can be used successfully in the neutralization of toxic elements such as PTEs or fossil fuel residues ( Akyel et al, 2022 ). Biomineralization is defined as the production of minerals by the action of biological organisms.…”

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confidence: 99%

MICP mediated by indigenous bacteria isolated from tailings for biocementation for reduction of wind erosion

Maureira,

Zapata,

Olave

et al. 2024

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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In this study, native ureolytic bacteria were isolated from copper tailings soils to perform microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) tests and evaluate their potential for biocement formation and their contribution to reduce the dispersion of particulate matter into the environment from tailings containing potentially toxic elements. It was possible to isolate a total of 46 bacteria; among them only three showed ureolytic activity: Priestia megaterium T130-1, Paenibacillus sp. T130-13 and Staphylococcus sp. T130-14. Biocement cores were made by mixing tailings with the isolated bacteria in presence of urea, resulting similar to those obtained with Sporosarcina pasteurii and Bacillus subtilis used as positive control. Indeed, XRD analysis conducted on biocement showed the presence of microcline (B. subtilis 17%; P. megaterium 11. 9%), clinochlore (S. pasteurii, 6.9%) and magnesiumhornblende (Paenibacillus sp. 17.8%; P. megaterium 14.6%); all these compounds were not initially present in the tailings soils. Moreover the presence of calcite (control 0.828%; Paenibacillus sp. 5.4%) and hematite (control 0.989%; B. subtilis 6.4%) was also significant unlike the untreated control. The development of biofilms containing abundant amount of Ca, C, and O on microscopic soil particles was evidenced by means of FE-SEM-EDX and XRD. Wind tunnel tests were carried out to investigate the resistance of biocement samples, accounted for a mass loss five holds lower than the control, i.e., the rate of wind erosion in the control corresponded to 82 g/m2h while for the biocement treated with Paenibacillus sp. it corresponded to only 16.371 g/m2h. Finally, in compression tests, the biocement samples prepared with P. megaterium (28.578 psi) and Paenibacillus sp. (28.404 psi) showed values similar to those obtained with S. pasteurii (27.102 psi), but significantly higher if compared to the control (15.427 psi), thus improving the compression resistance capacity of the samples by 85.2% and 84.1% with respect to the control. According to the results obtained, the biocement samples generated with the native strains showed improvements in the mechanical properties of the soil supporting them as potential candidates in applications for the stabilization of mining liabilities in open environments using bioaugmentation strategies with native strains isolated from the same mine tailing.

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“…Many minerals may precipitate due to a wide variety of biogeochemical reactions, which can be influenced by engineering measures. The most widely used are carbonate minerals [4]. In this study, we will focus on the geo-engineered precipitation of induced calcium carbonate precipitation (ICP), which, among many other applications, has been demonstrated to have immense potential not only for subsurface engineering, but also for novel construction materials, soil stabilization, or remediation applications [4][5][6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Enzymatically Induced Carbonate Precipitation on Capillary Pressure–Saturation Relations

et al. 2022

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Leakage mitigation methods are an important part of reservoir engineering and subsurface fluid storage, in particular. In the context of multi-phase systems of subsurface storage, e.g., subsurface CO2 storage, a reduction in the intrinsic permeability is not the only parameter to influence the potential flow or leakage; multi-phase flow parameters, such as relative permeability and capillary pressure, are key parameters that are likely to be influenced by pore-space reduction due to leakage mitigation methods, such as induced precipitation. In this study, we investigate the effects of enzymatically induced carbonate precipitation on capillary pressure–saturation relations as the first step in accounting for the effects of induced precipitation on multi-phase flow parameters. This is, to our knowledge, the first exploration of the effect of enzymatically induced carbonate precipitation on capillary pressure–saturation relations thus far. First, pore-scale resolved microfluidic experiments in 2D glass cells and 3D sintered glass-bead columns were conducted, and the change in the pore geometry was observed by light microscopy and micro X-ray computed tomography, respectively. Second, the effects of the geometric change on the capillary pressure–saturation curves were evaluated by numerical drainage experiments using pore-network modeling on the pore networks extracted from the observed geometries. Finally, parameters of both the Brooks–Corey and Van Genuchten relations were fitted to the capillary pressure–saturation curves determined by pore-network modeling and compared with the reduction in porosity as an average measure of the pore geometry’s change due to induced precipitation. The capillary pressures increased with increasing precipitation and reduced porosity. For the 2D setups, the change in the parameters of the capillary pressure–saturation relation was parameterized. However, for more realistic initial geometries of the 3D samples, while the general patterns of increasing capillary pressure may be observed, such a parameterization was not possible using only porosity or porosity reduction, likely due to the much higher variability in the pore-scale distribution of the precipitates between the experiments. Likely, additional parameters other than porosity will need to be considered to accurately describe the effects of induced carbonate precipitation on the capillary pressure–saturation relation of porous media.

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Key Applications of Biomineralization

Cited by 6 publications

References 123 publications

Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation at a CO2-rich Geyser

Meta-omics reveals role of photosynthesis in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation at a CO2-rich Geyser

MICP mediated by indigenous bacteria isolated from tailings for biocementation for reduction of wind erosion

Effects of Enzymatically Induced Carbonate Precipitation on Capillary Pressure–Saturation Relations

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