A novel and sustainable approach for biotransformation of phosphogypsum to calcium carbonate using urease producing Lysinibacillus sphaericus strain GUMP2
A novel and sustainable approach for biotransformation of phosphogypsum to calcium carbonate using urease producing Lysinibacillus sphaericus strain GUMP2
P. P. Patil,M. Prabhu,S. Mutnuri
2021 · DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.1968506
Environmental technology · 14 Citations
TLDR
Urease-producing L. sphaericus strain GUMP2 could be used to remove the hazardous phosphogypsum from the environment by converting it to the industrially useful CaCO3 and ammonium sulfate, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.