Effects of environmental factors on microbial carbonate precipitation induced by native bacteria enriched from aeolian sand

  • WANG Liya ,
  • LI Guangcan ,
  • AN Yancang ,
  • ZHANG Zichuang ,
  • LI Mengyan ,
  • GAO Yunqi
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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Roads and Railway Engineering Safety Control Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineer, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China; 2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Infrastructure Disaster Mitigation and Intelligent Assessment, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China

Received date: 2025-08-28

  Online published: 2026-05-15

Abstract

Microbial induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)is an emerging process that can be used to enhancewind erosion resistance of aeolian sands by cementing the grains. However, microbes,especially for the single foreignstrains, like Sporosarcinapasteurii,are likely to suffer from harsh and challenging environments of deserts including the high temperature, high salinity etc., which will inhibit the efficiency of MICP. The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using native microbes from aeolian sands as a medium for urea-hydrolysis based MICP process. The effects of temperature, alkalinity and the- 引用格式:张文恺,杨术明,马永龙,等.基于EDEM的牧场推料机器人参数优化设计与试验[J].河北大学学报(自然科学版),2026,46(3):225-236.引用格式:王丽亚,李光灿,安艳仓,等.风积砂本土菌群诱导碳酸钙沉积过程的环境影响因素[J].河北大学学报(自然科学版),2026,46(3):299-309.DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2026.03.008风积砂本土菌群诱导碳酸钙沉积过程的环境影响因素王丽亚1,李光灿1,安艳仓1,张自创2,李孟研1,高云起2(1.石家庄铁道大学 土木工程学院,道路与铁道工程安全保障教育部重点实验室,河北 石家庄 050043;2.河北大学 建筑工程学院,河北省基础设施防灾减灾与智能评估重点实验室,河北 保定 071002)摘 要:微生物诱导碳酸钙沉积(microbial induced carbonate precipitation, MICP)过程可用于胶结风积砂颗粒以提高其抗风蚀性能,然而,外来单菌种如巴氏芽孢八叠球菌(Sporosarcina pasteurii)的活性易受沙化地区高温、高盐等恶劣环境的影响,从而制约MICP过程的效率.本文研究了利用沙化地区风积砂中本土细菌作为基于尿素水解的MICP过程媒介,并探索温度、环境酸碱度、尿素、钙盐以及钠盐浓度对菌群活性与MICP过程的影响,同时与S. pasteurii的表现进行对比.结果表明:风积砂中含有多种具有尿素水解功能的菌群,对河北张家口坝上地区而言,其菌种主要为Sporosarcina luteola和Sporosarcina psychrophila.风积砂筛选菌群在温度、钙盐和钠盐的耐受性方面表现更优,其MICP过程符合米氏方程,为MICP技术在沙化区域恶劣环境下的固沙及其他应用提供了更多可能性.关键词:微生物;碳酸钙沉积;尿素水解菌群;沙化地区;细菌活性;米氏方程中图分类号:X1;X45 文献标志码:A 文章编号:1000-1565(2026)03-0299-11DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2026.03.008Effects of environmental factors on microbial carbonate precipitation induced by native bacteria enriched from aeolian sandWANG Liya1, LI Guangcan1, AN Yancang1, ZHANG Zichuang2, LI Mengyan1, GAO Yunqi2(1. Key Laboratory of Roads and Railway Engineering Safety Control Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineer, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043,China;2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Infrastructure Disaster Mitigation and Intelligent Assessment,College of Civil Engineering and Architecture,Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China)Abstract: Microbial induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)is an emerging process that can be used to enhancewind erosion resistance of aeolian sands by cementing the grains. However, microbes,especially for the single foreignstrains, like Sporosarcinapasteurii,are likely to suffer from harsh and challenging environments of deserts including the high temperature, high salinity etc., which will inhibit the efficiency of MICP. The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using native microbes from aeolian sands as a medium for urea-hydrolysis based MICP process. The effects of temperature, alkalinity and the- 收稿日期:2025-08-28;修回日期:2025-11-17 基金项目:国家自然科学基金项目(52208357;52408359);河北省自然科学基金项目(E2023210018);河北省高等学校科学技术研究项目(BJK2024175) 第一作者:王丽亚(1991—),女,石家庄铁道大学讲师,主要从事环境岩土工程方向研究,E-mail:lwang@stdu.edu.cn 通信作者:高云起(1989—),男,河北大学副教授,主要从事生态岩土工程与岩土地震工程方向研究,E-mail:yqgao89@hbu.edu.cn 第3期王丽亚等:风积砂本土菌群诱导碳酸钙沉积过程的环境影响因素河北大学学报(自然科学版) 第46卷concentration of urea, calcium and sodium salts on the activity of selected bacteria were explored and compared with the performance of Sporosarcinapasteurii. MICP processes were also studied considering the effects of initial alkalinity and concentration of substrates. The results showed that a variety of ureolytic bacteria strains existed in aeolian sand from the harsh desert environment. Sporosarcinaluteol and Sporosarcinapsychrophila are the two main strains selected from aeolian sand collected from Zhangjiakou Bashang area, Hebei province. The activity was more stablefor the selected microbes which imposed more tolerance for temperature, calcium concentration and sodium salts. The MICP process fulfilled by the selected microbes, can be described by Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The high tolerance of the selected native microbes provides more possible engineering applications of MICP in the harsh environment of deserts.

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WANG Liya , LI Guangcan , AN Yancang , ZHANG Zichuang , LI Mengyan , GAO Yunqi . Effects of environmental factors on microbial carbonate precipitation induced by native bacteria enriched from aeolian sand[J]. Journal of Hebei University(Natural Science Edition), 2026 , 46(3) : 299 -309 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2026.03.008

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