| Literature DB >> 23377039 |
Chad W Johnston1, Morgan A Wyatt, Xiang Li, Ashraf Ibrahim, Jeremiah Shuster, Gordon Southam, Nathan A Magarvey.
Abstract
Microorganisms produce and secrete secondary metabolites to assist in their survival. We report that the gold resident bacterium Delftia acidovorans produces a secondary metabolite that protects from soluble gold through the generation of solid gold forms. This finding is the first demonstration that a secreted metabolite can protect against toxic gold and cause gold biomineralization.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23377039 DOI： 10.1038/nchembio.1179
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Chem Biol ISSN： 1552-4450 Impact factor: 15.040