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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="elibrary">33407</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Строительство уникальных зданий и сооружений</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2304-6295</issn>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4123/CUBS.119.4</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Microorganisms from ancient unique structures: physiology, genetics, application prospects</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Microorganisms from ancient unique structures: physiology, genetics, application prospects</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mazanko</surname>
            <given-names>Maria Sergeevna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Prazdnova</surname>
            <given-names>Evgeniya Valeryevna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dyomin</surname>
            <given-names>Konstantin Alekseevich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nikora</surname>
            <given-names>Nadezhda Igorevna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kosykh</surname>
            <given-names>Alexey Olegovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ryzhenkova</surname>
            <given-names>Darya Yurievna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sytik</surname>
            <given-names>Valeria Sergeevna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Yelshaeva</surname>
            <given-names>Anastasia Mikhailovna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Vdovchenkov</surname>
            <given-names>Evgeny Viktorovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Panchenko</surname>
            <given-names>Vadim Vladimirovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0003-0088-2990</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Alliluyeva</surname>
            <given-names>Ekaterina Vladislavovna</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>katherine_bio@mail.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-9174-2338</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Aramova</surname>
            <given-names>Olga Yurievna</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>aramova@sfedu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kornienko</surname>
            <given-names>Igor Valerievich</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>ikornienko@yandex.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shcheglova</surname>
            <given-names>Ekaterina Sergeevna</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bazhenov</surname>
            <given-names>Sergey Vladimirovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Berezov</surname>
            <given-names>Rodion Vyacheslavovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Manukhov</surname>
            <given-names>Ilya Vladimirovich</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-7521-5079</contrib-id>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">57197681036</contrib-id>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">R-7951-2019</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Rahmani</surname>
            <given-names>Hamid</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>hrahmani@znu.ac.ir</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bahari</surname>
            <given-names>Abbas</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-2596-0855</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Chistyakov</surname>
            <given-names>Vladimir Anatolyevich</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>vladimirchi@yandex.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-3142-6018</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Kirsanova</surname>
            <given-names>Tatiana Aleksandrovna</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
          <email>kirsanova_ta@spbstu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">University of Zanjan</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-11-04">
        <day>04</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>5</issue>
      <issue-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">119</issue-id>
      <fpage>11904</fpage>
      <lpage>11904</lpage>
      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>The object of research is bioconcrete, incorporating specific bacterial species along with additional components beyond conventional concrete, exhibits self-healing properties through microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP). Method. Viable bacterial spores were isolated from ancient mortar fragments from Chersonesus Taurica (modern Sevastopol, Russia) and evaluated for growth at pH 10, urease activity, calcium carbonate precipitation, and tolerance to concrete processing conditions. Results. Genomic sequencing of three promising alkalophilic strains identified one as a potential new species, Sutcliffiella sp., and two as Cytobacillus horneckiae, all within the family Bacillaceae. Genomic analysis revealed genes associated with carbonate ion production and alkaline resistance. These findings demonstrate the potential of ancient bacterial strains for bioconcrete applications and provide a genomic basis for selecting microorganisms with enhanced durability and self-healing capabilities.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Ancient building mortars</kwd>
        <kwd>Tauric Chersonesos</kwd>
        <kwd>Bacteria</kwd>
        <kwd>Urease</kwd>
        <kwd>Self-healing of concrete</kwd>
        <kwd>Calcium carbonate</kwd>
        <kwd>Genomic analysis</kwd>
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