Application of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) techniques to remove heavy metal in the natural environment: A critical review

A Kumar, HW Song, S Mishra, W Zhang, YL Zhang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of imbalanced heavy metals concentration due to anthropogenic hindrances
in the aquatic and terrestrial environment has become a potential risk to life after circulating …

Bio-remediation approaches for alleviation of cadmium contamination in natural resources

A Kumar, G Subrahmanyam, R Mondal… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a harmful heavy metal that can cause potent environmental and health
hazards at different trophic levels through food chain. Cd is relatively non-biodegradable …

Mechanisms, application advances and future perspectives of microbial-induced heavy metal precipitation: a review

H Lin, M Zhou, B Li, Y Dong - International Biodeterioration & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution is insidious, long-term and irreversible, which seriously endangers the
environment and human health. Compared with physical and chemical remediation …

[HTML][HTML] MICP as a potential sustainable technique to treat or entrap contaminants in the natural environment: A review

A Rajasekar, S Wilkinson, CKS Moy - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, developments in the area of biomineralization has yielded
promising results making it a potentially environmentally friendly technique for a wide range …

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

L Fang, Q Niu, L Cheng, J Jiang, YY Yu, J Chu… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial induced carbonate precipitation has been widely used in the biomineralization of
heavy metals Cd 2+. However, the low Cd-tolerance of ureolytic bacteria limits the …

Improving the sustainable management of mining tailings through microbially induced calcite precipitation: a review

H Zúñiga-Barra, J Toledo-Alarcón, Á Torres-Aravena… - Minerals …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mining activities offers evident potential economic benefits for mineral rich countries.
However, mining operations can produce a series of environmental impacts. Many of them …

Investigating the potential for microbially induced carbonate precipitation to treat mine waste

D Proudfoot, L Brooks, CH Gammons, E Barth… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the feasibility of promoting microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP)
in mine waste piles by using an environmental bacterial enrichment is explored, with goals …

Mechanism of microbiologically induced calcite precipitation for cadmium mineralization

Y Zeng, Z Chen, Q Lyu, X Wang, Y Du, C Huan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbiologically induced calcite precipitation (MICP) technology shows potential for
remediating heavy metal pollution; however, the underlying mechanism of heavy metal …

Effect of phosphate on cadmium immobilized by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation: Mobilization or immobilization?

Z Liao, S Wu, H Xie, F Chen, Y Yang, R Zhu - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a promising technology to
immobilize/remediate heavy metals (HMs) like cadmium (Cd). However, the long-term …

Bio-remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP)—a critical review

S Wang, L Fang, MF Dapaah, Q Niu, L Cheng - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomineralization processes utilizing microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) have
recently shown promise as an effective approach for remediating heavy metal …