A quantitative, high-throughput urease activity assay for comparison and rapid screening of ureolytic bacteria

• Main Authors: Cui, Ming-Juan, Teng, Aloysius, Chu, Jian, Cao, Bin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Urease; Biomineralization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161761
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Urease is a dinickel enzyme commonly found in numerous organisms that catalyses the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. The microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) process mediated by urease-producing bacteria (UPB) can be used for many applications including, environmenta...