AI Article Synopsis
- Microorganisms create and release secondary metabolites to help them survive in their environments.
- Delftia acidovorans, a bacterium found in gold environments, produces a secondary metabolite that safeguards it from harmful soluble gold by turning it into solid gold forms.
- This is the first evidence showing that a metabolite can protect against toxic gold and lead to the formation of gold in solid form through biomineralization.
Article 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.
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