In vitro biosynthesis of Ag, Au and Te-containing nanostructures by Exiguobacterium cell-free extracts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The bacterial genus Exiguobacterium includes several species that inhabit environments with a wide range of temperature, salinity, and pH. This is why the microorganisms from this genus are known generically as polyextremophiles. Several environmental isolates have been explored and characterized for enzyme production as well as for bioremediation purposes. In this line, toxic metal(loid) reduction by these microorganisms represents an approach to decontaminate soluble metal ions via their transformation into less toxic, insoluble derivatives. Microbial-mediated metal(loid) reduction frequently results in the synthesis of nanoscale structures-nanostructures (NS) -. Thus, microorganisms could be used as an ecofriendly way to get NS.

Results

We analyzed the toleranc

SUBMITTER: Orizola J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature