In Review or Submitted (2024)

  1. Biderre-Petit C, Hongleda A.A, Marchal G, Mehta N, Guez J.S, Lepère C, Scheepers M, Courtine D, Fadhlaoui K, Kineothrix sedimenti sp. nov., an hydroxybutyrate producing bacterium isolated from sediment of the meromictic Lake Pavin, submitted to ISJEM

  2. Placitu S, Van de Velde S.J., Hylén A, Hall P.O.J, Robertson E.K, Eriksson M, Leermakers M, Mehta N, Bonneville S, Limited organic carbon burial by the rusty carbon sink in Swedish fjord sediments, in review Journal of Geophysical Research

  3. L Jianan, Yang S, Mehta N, Deng H, Ma L, Wang H, Liu D, Alkane degradation coupled to Fe(III) reduction mediated by Gram-positive bacteria, submitted to Geoderma

  4. Mangin C, Benzerara K, Bergot M, Menguy N, Fouteau S, Méheust R, Chevrier D, Alonso B, Godon C, Mehta N, Travert C, Busigny V, Duprat E, Bolzoni R, Cruaud C, Viollier E, Jézéquel D, Vallenet D, Lefèvre C.T, Monteil C.L, Intracellular carbonatogenesis is widespread in Pseudomonadota, submitted to ISME journal 

Published in Peer-review journals

2024

  1. Mehta N, Bradbury H, Benzerara K, Calcium isotope fractionation by intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) forming cyanobacteria, In review in Geobiology; DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12596

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)