Formation of tellurium nanocrystals during anaerobic growth of bacteria that use Te oxyanions as respiratory electron acceptors

Authors :: Baesman, Shaun M.
Bullen, Thomas D.
Dewald, James
Donghui Zhang
Curran, Seamus
Islam, Farhana S.
Beveridge, Terry J.
Oremland, Ronald S.
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. April, 2007, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p2135, 9 p.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Two anaerobes originally isolated for their abilities to respire selenium oxyanions are shown to achieve growth by reduction of either tellurite [Te(IV)] or tellurate [(Te(VI)] to tellurium [Te(0)]. The use of microorganisms for generating Te nanomaterials is an alternative method for bench-scale process.

Subjects :: Tellurium -- Chemical properties
Anaerobic bacteria -- Genetic aspects
Anaerobic bacteria -- Research
Catalysts -- Chemical properties
Microbial respiration -- Research
Biological sciences

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