PNNL Engineers Synergistic Soil Microbial Consortium to Boost Calcium Carbonate-Based Carbon Sequestration
January 05, 2026
January 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report PNNL 38321, titled "CarbStor: Development, Analysis and Modification of Carbon Storing Model Soil Communities," describes a September 2025 project to engineer and analyze soil microbial consortia that convert carbon into stable inorganic and biomass forms, especially calcium carbonate. The work focuses on three knowledge gaps: whether defined microbial communities can reliably precipitate carbonate, which inte . . .
