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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-3126</article-id>
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<article-title>Mineralization Mechanism and Application Potential of Vaterite Induced by Two Bacterial Strains</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Xiaofang</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nie</surname>
<given-names>Wenjun</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Guo</surname>
<given-names>Zhen</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tang</surname>
<given-names>Lin</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Fuguo</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lian</surname>
<given-names>Bin</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7150-1166</ext-link>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Shandong Provincial University Laboratory for Protected Horticulture, Shandong Facility Horticulture Bioengineering Research Center, Weifang University of Science  and Technology, Weifang 262700, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>College of Life Sciences, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>11</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>28</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Xiaofang Li et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Clarifying the bacterial mechanisms underlying vaterite biosynthesis is important for advancing biomineralization theory and expanding its applications in material science, environmental protection, and biomedicine. In this study, &lt;em&gt;Bacillus velezensis&lt;/em&gt; LB002 and &lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas putida&lt;/em&gt; KT2440 were used as representative bacterial strains to compare strain-dependent vaterite formation and environmental remediation performance. The biomineralization processes in the liquid medium were dynamically monitored, and the induced biominerals were characterized, with particular attention to their organic components. The differences in vaterite characteristics between both bacterial systems were evaluated, and their remediation potential was assessed using Cu&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt; and tetracycline removal as model applications. Both strains induced vaterite formation under identical culture conditions, while &lt;em&gt;B. velezensis&lt;/em&gt; exhibited a stronger biomineralization capacity than &lt;em&gt;P. putida&lt;/em&gt;. In a 100 mL culture system, the Ca&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt; mineralization percentage of &lt;em&gt;B. velezensis&lt;/em&gt; reached 35.06 %, and the dry weights of biomineral aggregates produced by &lt;em&gt;B. velezensis&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;P. putida&lt;/em&gt; were 0.36 and 0.31 g, respectively. SEM observations revealed that the vaterite induced by &lt;em&gt;B. velezensis&lt;/em&gt; had a loose and porous surface, whereas that induced by &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;putida&lt;/em&gt; had a relatively smooth surface. For the high concentration of Cu&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt; at 50 mg/L, the removal rate reached 84.93 % for &lt;em&gt;B. velezensis&lt;/em&gt;-induced vaterite, compared with 71.86 % for &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;putida&lt;/em&gt;-induced vaterite under the same conditions. Both biominerals demonstrated similar tetracycline removal performance, with removal rates of approximately 60 %. These findings provide comparative evidence for strain-dependent vaterite formation and support the potential application of biogenic vaterite in environmental remediation.</p>
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<funding-source>Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province</funding-source>
<award-id>ZR2025QC384</award-id>
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