Table 2 The experimental design used in this study

From: Effect of carbonic anhydrase on silicate weathering and carbonate formation at present day CO2 concentrations compared to primordial values

Experiment

purpose

experimental strain and enzyme

calcium resources

CO2 concentration (%)

1

effects of B. mucilaginosus on wollastonite dissolution

B. mucilaginosus

wollastonite/wollastonite and CaCl2

0.039

2

effects of sufficiency or deficiency in calcium on CA gene expression

B. mucilaginosus

wollastonite/wollastonite and CaCl2

0.039

3

effects of CO2 concentration on CA gene expression

B. mucilaginosus

wollastonite

0.039/3.9

4

construction of the heterologous expression vector, induction expression and purification of recombinant protein

E. coli and enzyme

_____

0.039

5

effects of PCA4 on wollastonite dissolution

enzyme

wollastonite

0.039/3.9

6

effects of PCA4 and CO2 concentrations on CaCO3 precipitation

enzyme

CaCl2

0.4/3.9/10