Microbial induced calcite precipitation can consolidate martian and lunar regolith simulants.

Microbial induced calcite precipitation can consolidate martian and lunar regolith simulants.

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We demonstrate that Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) can be utilized for creation of consolidates of Martian Simulant Soil (MSS) and Lunar Simulant Soil (LSS) in the form of a 'brick'. A urease producer bacterium, Sporosarcina pasteurii, was used to induce the MICP process fo...

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Main Authors: Rashmi Dikshit, Nitin Gupta, Arjun Dey, Koushik Viswanathan, Aloke Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266415

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