Ca-mediated alleviation of Cd²⁺ induced toxicity and improved Cd²⁺ biomineralization by Sporosarcina pasteurii

• Main Authors: Fang, Longyang, Niu, Qijian, Cheng, Liang, Jiang, Jianxiong, Yu, Yang-Yang, Chu, Jian, Achal, Varenyam, You, Tianyan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation; Biomineralization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159725
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Microbial induced carbonate precipitation has been widely used in the biomineralization of heavy metals Cd2+. However, the low Cd-tolerance of ureolytic bacteria limits the applications with only low Cd2+concentrations. In this study, we discovered a simple approach to significantly enhance the Cd2+...