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Carbonate Mineral Precipitation for Soil Improvement Through Microbial Denitrification

Nasser HamdanCenter for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Edward Kavazanjian Jr.Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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Bruce E. RittmannSwette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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Ismail KaratasParsons Brinckerhoff, New York, New York, USA
Pages 139-146 | Received 01 Sep 2015, Accepted 01 Feb 2016, Published online: 04 Aug 2016

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