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Basics of Construction Microbial Biotechnology

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Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering

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Construction Microbial Biotechnology is a new area of science and engineering that includes microbially-mediated construction processes and microbial production of construction materials. Low cost, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly microbial cements, grouts, polysaccharides, and bioplastics are useful in construction and geotechnical engineering. Construction-related biotechnologies are based on activity of different microorganisms: urease-producing, acidogenic, halophilic, alkaliphilic, denitrifying, iron- and sulfate-reducing bacteria, cyanobacteria, algae, microscopic fungi. The bio-related materials and processes can be used for the bioaggregation, soil biogrouting and bioclogging, biocementation, biodesaturation of water-satured soil, bioencapsulation of soft clay, biocoating, and biorepair of the concrete surface. Construction Microbial Biotechnology is progressing toward commercial products and large-scale applications. The biotechnologically produced materials and construction-related microbial biotechnologies have a lot of advantages over conventional construction materials and processes.

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Ivanov, V., Chu, J., Stabnikov, V. (2015). Basics of Construction Microbial Biotechnology. In: Pacheco Torgal, F., Labrincha, J., Diamanti, M., Yu, CP., Lee, H. (eds) Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09287-4_2

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