A big “THANK YOU!” goes out to the people of the gold community in Finnish Lapland for their support over all the years of cooperation! Here are some results…
After years of careful planning and experimentation three ground-breaking papers now reveal the biochemistry of how the aurophilic (i.e., gold-loving) bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans detected to date on natural gold particles from sites on four continents, deals with gold toxicity and produces gold nanoparticles, the building blocks of secondary gold, in the processes.
Find the articles using these links:
Synergistic gold–copper detoxification
Synergistic Toxicity of Copper and Gold Compounds in Cupriavidus metallidurans
Proteomic responses to gold(III)-toxicity in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34
Great effort by an Australo-North American research team just published in Minerals: Cupriavidus metallidurans produces platinum nanoparticles. This study provides insights into mechanisms of platinum biomineralisation responsible for the formation of secondary platinum nuggets
Check out the link: MINERALS
The man with the gold bug 