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reducing culture for intrinsic repair of concrete cracks. Front Microbiol 6:1228
216. Van Tittelboom K, De Belie N, De Muynck W, Verstraete W (2010) Use of bacteria to repair
cracks in concrete. Cem Concr Res 40:157–166
217. Wang J, Dewanckele J, Cnudde V, Van Vlierberghe S, Verstraete W, De Belie N (2014) X-ray
computed tomography proof of bacterial based self-healing in concrete. Cem Concr Compos
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Dissertation, University of Texas, Austin
199. Achal V, Mukherjee A, Reddy MS (2010) Isolation and characterization of urease producing
and calcifying bacteria from cement. J Microbiol Biotechnol 20:1571–1576
200. Jonkers HM, Schlangen E (2007) Self-healing of cracked concrete: a bacterial approach. In:
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on fracture mechanics of concrete and concrete
structures. Italy, vol 3, pp. 1821–1826
201. Silva FB (2015) Up-scaling the production of bacteria for self-healing concrete application.
Dissertation, Ghent University, Ghent
202. Chahal N, Siddique R, Rajor A (2012) Influence of bacteria on the compressive strength, water
absorption and rapid chloride permeability of fly ash concrete. Constr Build Mater 28:351–356
203. Chahal N, Siddique R (2013) Permeation properties of concrete made with fly ash and silica
fume: influence of ureolytic bacteria. Constr Build Mater 49:161–174
204. Farmani F, Bonakdarpour B, Ramezanianpour AA (2015) pH reduction through amendment
of cement mortar with silica fume enhances its biological treatment using bacterial carbonate
precipitation. Mater Struct 48:3205–3215
205. Jonkers HM, Mors RM (2012) Full scale application of bacteria-based self-healing concrete
for repair purposes. In: Alexander MG, Beushausen HD, Dehn F, Moyo P (eds) Proceedings
3rd international conference on concrete repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting, 2012 September
3–5, Cape Town, South Africa. Taylor & Francis, London, pp 967–971
206. Vijay K, Murmu M, Deo SV (2017) Bacteria based self-healing concrete – a review. Constr
Build Mater 152:1008–1014
207. Wang J, Mignon A, Snoeck D, Wiktor V, Van Vliergerghe S, Boon N, De Belie N (2015)
Application of modified-alginate encapsulated carbonate producing bacteria in concrete: a
promising strategy for crack self-healing. Front Microbiol 6:1088
208. Chen H, Qian C, Huang H (2016) Self-healing cementitious materials based on bacteria and
nutrients immobilized respectively. Constr Build Mater 126:297–303
209. Wang J, De Belie N, Verstraete W (2012) Diatomaceous earth as a protective vehicle for
bacteria applied for self-healing concrete. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 39:567–577
210. Alazhari M, Sharma T, Heath A, Cooper R, Paine K (2018) Application of expanded perlite
encapsulated bacteria and growth media for self-healing concrete. Constr Build Mater
160:610–619
211. Khaliq W, Ehsan MB (2016) Crack healing in concrete using various bio influenced selfhealing techniques. Constr Build Mater 102:239–357
212. Seifan M, Sarmah AK, Samani AK, Ebrahiminezhad A, Ghasemi Y, Berenjian A (2018)
Mechanical properties of bio self-healing concrete containing immobilized bacteria with iron
oxide nanoparticles. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102:4489–4498
213. De Belie N, Wang J, Soens H (2013) Microcapsules and concrete containing the same, UK
Patent application 1303690.0 & 1314220.3, US application AEC/PM334564US. Applicants:
Devan Chemicals NV, Universiteit Gent
214. Li M, Zhu X, Mukherjee A, Huang M, Achal V (2017) Biomineralization in metakaolin
modified cement mortar to improve its strength with lowered cement content. J Hazard Mater
329:178–184
215. Ersan YC, Gruyaert E, Louis G, Lors C, De Belie N, Boon N (2015) Self-protected nitrate
reducing culture for intrinsic repair of concrete cracks. Front Microbiol 6:1228
216. Van Tittelboom K, De Belie N, De Muynck W, Verstraete W (2010) Use of bacteria to repair
cracks in concrete. Cem Concr Res 40:157–166
217. Wang J, Dewanckele J, Cnudde V, Van Vlierberghe S, Verstraete W, De Belie N (2014) X-ray
computed tomography proof of bacterial based self-healing in concrete. Cem Concr Compos
53:289–304
218. Wang J, Jonkers HM, Boon N, De Belie N (2017) Bacillus sphaericus LMG 22257 is
physiologically suitable for self-healing concrete. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 101:5101–5114
Alkaliphiles: The Emerging Biological Tools Enhancing Concrete Durability
339