IIT Madras develops structured model for bacteria-based cement production

The product has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Researchers have developed a structured model to help in the production of bio-cement, which is an alternative sustainable process for cementation.

It has the potential to reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions in the future. Called ‘Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation’ (MICP), this process is used to make bio-cement using bacteria (Ex: S pasteurii). The Research was focused to gain better understanding of the MICP process with a long term aim to scale up manufacturing of Bio-Cement.

During the UN Climate Change Conference held at Glasgow last year, around 140 countries pledged to reduce carbon-di-oxide emission and achieve