Biomineralization of gold in biofilms of Cupriavidus metallidurans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2628-2635

  Fairbrother, L ^a,b   Etschmann, B ^c   Brugger, J ^c,d   Shapter, J ^b   Southam, G ^e   Reith, F ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; AU-COMPLEXES; BACTERIAL CELLS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; EXTRACELLULAR; MICRO-PARTICLES; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

AGGREGATES; BIOFILMS; BIOMINERALIZATION; DETOXIFICATION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; OCEAN HABITATS; QUARTZ;

GOLD;

GOLD COMPLEX; NANOWIRE; THIOSULFATE;

AGGREGATION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMINERALIZATION; ELECTRON; GOLD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CUPRIAVIDUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 84875287412     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302381d     Document Type: Article

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