In Review or Submitted (2024)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.2023.07.014Benzerara 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
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 MicrobiologyBacchetta 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
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
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
Chen M, Mehta N, Kocar B. Semiconducting hematite facilitates microbial and abiotic reduction of chromium Scientific Reports doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12824-y
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
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
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.9b03982Mehta 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
Mehta N, Kocar B. Deciphering and Predicting Microscale Controls on Radon Production in soils, sediments and rocks Soil Syst.. doi:10.3390/soilsystems2020030
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)