Sporosarcina pasteurii
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Sporosarcina pasteurii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Planococcaceae |
Genus: | Sporosarcina |
Species: | Sporosarcina pasteurii Bergey 2004 |
Sporosarcina pasteurii formerly known as Bacillus pasteurii from older taxonomies, is a bacterium with the ability to precipitate calcite and solidify sand given a calcium source and urea, through the process of microbiologically induced calcite precipitation or biological cementation.[1] S. pasteurii has been proposed to be used as an ecologically sound biological construction material.
Possible applications
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Architecture student Magnus Larsson won the 2008 Holcim Award "Next Generation" first prize for region Africa Middle East for his project "Dune anti-desertification architecture, Sokoto, Nigeria" and his design of a habitable wall.[2] Larssons also presented the proposal at TED.[3]
Another potential application is to solidify liquefiable soils in areas prone to earthquakes.
See also
References
- ↑ Chiung-Wen Chou, Eric Seagren, Ahmet Aydilek, Timothy Maugel. "Bacterially-Induced Calcite Precipitation via Ureolysis", American Society for Microbiology 11 November 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ Holcim Awards 2008 Africa Middle East "Next Generation" 1st prize: Dune anti-desertification architecture, Sokoto, Nigeria, Holcim awards. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ Magnus Larsson: Dune architect, TED.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
External links
- Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture - Larsson's talk at TED.
- Type strain of Sporosarcina pasteurii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase