In Review

  1. Mehta N, Bradbury H, Benzerara K, Calcium isotope fractionation by intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) forming cyanobacteria, In review in Geobiology

Published in Peer-review journals

2023

  1. Mehta N, Vantelon D, Gaëtan J, Martinez AF, Benzerara K, Calcium speciation and coordination environment in intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC)

    formed by cyanobacteria. Chemical Geology; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121765

  2. Mehta N, Coutaud M, Bouchez J, Bradbury HJ, VanZuilen K, Moynier F Gorge C, Skouri-Panet F, Benzerara K, Barium and strontium isotope fractionation
    by cyanobacteria forming intracellular carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.07.014

  3. Benzerara K, Görgen S, Athar M, Chauvat F, March K, Menguy N, Mehta N, Skouri-Panet F, Swaraj S, Travert C, Cassier-Chauvat C, Duprat E, Quantitative mapping of calcium cell reservoirs in cyanobacterial mutants at the submicrometer scale. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2023.147369

  4. Gaëtan J, Halary S, Millet M, Bernard C, Duval C, Hanlaoui S, Amandine H, Gugger M, Marie B, Mehta N, Moreira D, Skouri-Panet F, Travert C, Duprat E, Leloup
    J, Benzerara K, Widespread formation of intracellular calcium carbonates by the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcsystis. Environmental Microbiology

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16322

  5. Bacchetta T, López-García P, Gutiérrez-Preciado A, Mehta N, Skouri-Panet F, Benzerara K, Ciobanu M, Yubuki N, Moreira D, Description of Gloeomargarita
    ahousahtiae     sp. nov., a thermophilic member of the order Gloeomargaritales capable of intracellular carbonate biomineralization. in review European Journal
    of Phycology. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2023.2216257

2022

  1. Mehta N, Bougoure, J, Kocar B, Duprat E, Benzerara K. Cyanobacteria G. lithophora accumulate Radium within intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions. ES&T Water doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00473

  2. Mehta N, Gaëtan J, Giura P, Azaïs T, Benzerara K. Detection of biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) formed by bacteria using FTIR spectroscopy Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy doi:10.1016/j.saa.2022.121262

  3. Chen M, Mehta N, Kocar B. Semiconducting hematite facilitates microbial and abiotic reduction of chromium Scientific Reports doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12824-y

  4. Wang, P, Shi, T, Mehta N, Yang, S, Wang, H, Liu, D, Zhu, Z Changes in magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles upon microbial iron reduction
    G-cubed doi:10.1029/2021GC010212

2021

  1. Bai H, Liu D, Zheng W, Ma L, Yang S, Cao J, Lu X, Wang H, Mehta N. Microbially-induced calcium carbonate precepitation by a halophilic ureolytic bacterium and its potential for remediation of heavy metal-contaminated saline environments Intern. Jou of Biodeteriora. and Biodegrad doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2021.105311

2019

  1. Mehta N, Benzerara K, Kocar B, Chapon V. Sequestration of radionuclides Radium-226 and Strontium-90 by cyanobacteria forming intracellular calcium
    carbonates. Environmental Science & Technology doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b03982

  2. Mehta N, Kocar B. Geochemical Controls on Trace Metals and Radium Mobilization from Marcellus Shale and its implication for in-situ produced water remediation, Environmental Science: Processes & Impact. doi:10.1039/C9EM00244H.

2018 and before

  1. Mehta N, Kocar B. Deciphering and Predicting Microscale Controls on Radon Production in soils, sediments and rocks Soil Syst.. doi:10.3390/soilsystems2020030

  2. Mehta N, Sullivan FO. Water management in unconventional oil and gas development – The issues and its optimization. Book title: Food-Water Energy:
    The Nexus, Edi. Satinder Ahuja, Elsevier.     (2014) (book chapter)