{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Park Y"],"funding":["National Office for Research, Development and Innovation","European Research Council"],"pagination":["e2203444"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9534983"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(28)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Metal sulfides are a common group of extracellular bacterial biominerals. However, only a few cases of intracellular biomineralization are reported in this group, mostly limited to greigite (Fe<sub>3</sub> S<sub>4</sub> ) in magnetotactic bacteria. Here, a previously unknown periplasmic biomineralization of copper sulfide produced by the magnetotactic bacterium Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis strain BW-1, a species known to mineralize greigite (Fe<sub>3</sub> S<sub>4</sub> ) and magnetite (Fe<sub>3</sub> O<sub>4</sub> ) in the cytoplasm is reported. BW-1 produces hundreds of spherical nanoparticles, composed of 1-2 nm substructures of a poorly crystalline hexagonal copper sulfide structure that remains in a thermodynamically unstable state. The particles appear to be surrounded by an organ"],"journal":["Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)"],"pubmed_title":["Periplasmic Bacterial Biomineralization of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles."],"pmcid":["PMC9534983"],"funding_grant_id":["NKFIH-471-3/2021","848339"],"pubmed_authors":["Monteil CL","Faivre D","Park Y","Armengaud J","Gal A","Lefevre CT","Eyal Z","Chevrier DM","Posfai M","Arnoux P","Pekker P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Periplasmic Bacterial Biomineralization of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles.","description":"Metal sulfides are a common group of extracellular bacterial biominerals. However, only a few cases of intracellular biomineralization are reported in this group, mostly limited to greigite (Fe<sub>3</sub> S<sub>4</sub> ) in magnetotactic bacteria. Here, a previously unknown periplasmic biomineralization of copper sulfide produced by the magnetotactic bacterium Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis strain BW-1, a species known to mineralize greigite (Fe<sub>3</sub> S<sub>4</sub> ) and magnetite (Fe<sub>3</sub> O<sub>4</sub> ) in the cytoplasm is reported. BW-1 produces hundreds of spherical nanoparticles, composed of 1-2 nm substructures of a poorly crystalline hexagonal copper sulfide structure that remains in a thermodynamically unstable state. The particles appear to be surrounded by an organ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-05T11:38:11.404Z","creation":"2025-04-05T11:38:11.404Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9534983","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35975419"],"doi":["10.1002/advs.202203444"]}}