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Table 1 Urease producing bacteria from various sources and amount of urease activity and calcite precipitation

From: Formations of calcium carbonate minerals by bacteria and its multiple applications

Bacteria

Isolation site

Urease activity

Calcite precipitation

References

Bacillus sp. CR2

Mine tailing soil Urumqi, China

432 U/ml

2.32 mg/cell mass (mg)

Achal and Pan (2014)

L. sphaericus CH5

Abandoned express way and abandoned mining sites, Gangwondo, Korea

–

980 mg/100 ml

Kang et al. (2014a)

Sporosarcinapasteurii

Phenotypic mutant strain

550 U/ml

–

Achal et al. (2009a)

B. pasteurii NCIM 2477

Culture obtained from NCIM, Pune, India

18 U/ml

–

Sarada et al. (2009)

K. flava CR1

Mining ore soil, Urumqi, China

472 U/ml

–

Achal et al. (2011)

B. megateriumSS3

Calcareous soil, Andhra Pradesh, India

690 U/ml

187 mg/100 ml

Dhami et al. (2013b, 2014)

B. thuringiensis

Calcareous soil, Andhra Pradesh, India

620 U/ml

167 mg/100 ml

Dhami et al. (2013b)

Halomonassp. SR4

Mine tailing, China

374.5 U/ml

–

Achal et al. (2012a, b, c)