Enhancing biomineralization process efficiency with trained bacterial strains: A technical perspective

Abstract

Microorganisms have been essential in the natural world for millions of years, contributing significantly to environmental interaction. It has been disoverd that some bacteria are potential in geotechnical and environmental engineering due to their outstanding ability of biomineralization. Therefore, how to train bacteria as special and professional “workers” for biomineralization is increasingly a key topic in related research fields. This article briefly introduces the methods that are commonly utilized to improve the environmental adaptability and mineralization efficiency of bacteria, including microbial domestication, microbial mutation breeding, microbial targeted screening, and bio-stimulation, which make great implications to advance the field of biomineralization.

Keywords

Biomineralization efficiency / Depositional patterns / Microbial training / Bio-stimulation

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52078085) and Chongqing Planning and Natural Resources Bureau (No. KJ-2021048).

Conflict of Interest

Yang Xiao is executive deputy editor-in-chief, VahabToufigh is an editorial board member and Yi Liu is an early career editorial board member for Biogeotechnics, they were not involved in the editorial review or the decision to publish this article. All authors declare that there are no competing interests.

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