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kotykmax [81]
3 years ago
10

Why ureolytic bacteria use urea? And why they produce CaCO3?

Biology
2 answers:
Mamont248 [21]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Due to urease activity, bacteria are able to use urea as a sole nitrogen source and produce ammonia, which increases the pH in the proximal environment, causing Ca2+ and CO32- to precipitate as CaCO3.

nikitadnepr [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Ureolytic bacteria hydrolyze urea to generate ATP by the efflux of ammonium ions through ATP-synthase, producing carbonate. In the presence of calcium ions in excess, calcium carbonate will precipitate. biocementation conditions which are reported in the literature for the production of CaCO 3 .

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