Table Of ContentGreen Energy and Technology
Volodymyr Ivanov
Viktor Stabnikov
Construction
Biotechnology
Biogeochemistry, Microbiology and
Biotechnology of Construction Materials
and Processes
Green Energy and Technology
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Construction Biotechnology
Biogeochemistry, Microbiology
and Biotechnology of Construction
Materials and Processes
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VolodymyrIvanov Viktor Stabnikov
NanyangTechnological University NanyangTechnological University
Singapore Singapore
Singapore Singapore
and and
National University ofFood Technologies National University ofFood Technologies
Kiev Kiev
Ukraine Ukraine
ISSN 1865-3529 ISSN 1865-3537 (electronic)
Green Energy andTechnology
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DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1445-1
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Preface
Biotechnology is a scientific discipline and an area of engineering on industrial
manufacturingandpracticalapplicationsofmicroorganismsandtheirproductssuch
asproteins, nucleic acids,polysaccharides,storagecompounds, andlowmolecular
weight metabolites. Food, Medical, Veterinary, Agricultural, and Environmental
Biotechnologies differ in their areas of applications. A new biotechnological dis-
cipline, Construction Biotechnology, arose during the last decade.
Two major directions in Construction Biotechnology are (Fig. 1):
Construction Biotechnology
Biotechnologyof Construction Materials Biotechnologyof Construction Processes
Biocementation
Construction
bioplastics
Bioclogging
Biodesaturation
Microbial Bioaggregation
additions
to cement, Biocrusting
mortars,
and grouts
Biocoating
Microbial Bioremediation
cements,
mortars,
and grouts
Fig.1 Directionsofconstructionbiotechnology
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(1) The industrial production of the construction materials, for example cement
admixtures or bioplastic, by microorganisms and (2) in situ applications of
microorganismsortheirproducts intheconstructionprocess.Theaimofthisbook
is to show the current trends and new potential directions for the further develop-
ment of Construction Biotechnology.
Construction Biotechnology is a new interdisciplinary area involving applica-
tions of environmental and industrial microbiology and biotechnology in civil
engineering. The topics covered in this book are as follows: biotechnological
production of new construction materials such as biotechnological admixtures to
cement,constructionbiocomposites,constructionbioplastics,self-healingconcrete,
as well as such construction-related processes as biocementation, biogrouting,
bioclogging, biosealing, soil surface fixation, biocoating of construction material
surface, biotechnologies of green building and green city, microbiology and bio-
safety of construction environment, prevention of biocorrosion, biodeterioration
and biofouling in civil engineering. Biomediated precipitations of calcium, mag-
nesium, and iron compounds as carbonates, phosphates, sulfides, and silicate
minerals in soil or fractured rocks, as well as on surface of materials, for their
clogging,strengtheningorcoating areconsideredfromgeotechnical,chemical,and
microbiologicalpointsofview.Somebasicmicrobiologicalknowledgethatcanbe
useful for civil engineers toperform construction biogeochemical processesisalso
given in the book. The design principles and considerations for different field
implementations are discussed from practical point of view. The book can be used
asatextbookforgraduateandseniorundergraduatestudentsinbiotechnology,civil
engineering, and environmental engineering, as well as a reference book for the
researchers and practitioners who are working in new interdisciplinary area of
Construction Biotechnology.
Singapore, Singapore and Kiev, Ukraine Volodymyr Ivanov
Viktor Stabnikov
Acknowledgments
Theauthorsacknowledgethesupportoftheirstudiesduring1996–2016indifferent
areas of Construction Biotechnology, shown in the book, from the Ministry of
Science and Technology, South Korea (currently theMinistry of Science, ICT and
Future Planning); The Enterprise Challenge Fund of Prime Minister’s Office,
Singapore; Agency of Science and Technology (A*STAR), Singapore; Public
Utilities Board, Singapore; Ministry of National Development, Singapore; School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore; Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,
Iowa State University, USA; Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering, Gwangju Insitute of Science and Technology, South Korea;
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Taras Shevchenko National
UniversityofKyiv,Ukraine;andDepartmentofBiotechnologyandMicrobiology,
National University of Food Technologies, Kiev, Ukraine.
The authors acknowledge the help of their co-authors of publications that were
used inthis book: Prof. In Soo Kim, Prof. JooHwa Tay, Andrew, Prof.Yung-Tse
Hung, Prof. Jian Chu, Prof. Lew Christoper; and the great inspiring role of the
distinguishedauthorandeditorofthebooksonbio-basedconstruction applications,
Prof. Fernando Pacheco-Torgal.
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