From Microbes to Minerals: Understanding MICP and Its Emerging Applications How microbial activity can promote carbonate precipitation, change material properties, and create new opportunities for remediation and infrastructure What if microbial activity could help seal a crack, strengthen soil, stabilize mine waste, or change the movement of contaminants? Microbially induced carbonate precipitation, or MICP, is…
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Agriculture: Insights from MI In the ever-evolving agricultural landscape, there is a big factor most people miss: the little guys. Understanding the microbial world is key to managing the delicate balance between soil, plants, animals, and environmental factors. Identifying Microbial Threats to Agriculture In agriculture, microbial, fungal, plant, and animal communities interact in complex…
• The ISM study conducted at this site provided clear, actionable evidence that increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration at the site would stimulate hydrocarbon biodegradation. Further, this evidence was provided in a significantly more cost effective manner than a bench-scale treatability study or a pilot scale study and in a more timely manner.
• A site impacted by chlorobenzene was managed by MNA.
• The ISM study provided answers to site managers’ questions at a significant cost savings compared to pilot-scale studies and provided sound support for a pathway to reducing time to closure at the site.
• Groundwater at a former gasoline service station was impacted by leaking underground storage tanks and associated piping. Although contaminant trends and geochemistry suggested that MNA could be an appropriate site management strategy, the need for more rapid site closure led to a decision to enhance biodegradation of BTEX and MTBE aerobically with injection of an oxygen releasing compound.