Abstract
Many bacteria show great promise for use in metal recovery. However, the genetics of metal-leaching, accumulation-resistance, and oxidation/reduction mechanisms of these bacteria is still an area of research in its infancy. The introduction of such genes into bacteria of economic importance would have application in biomining and environmental bioremediation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17-24 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Trends in Biotechnology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1991 |
Funding
My gratitude goes to N. Brown, A. Nies, D. Nies, J. Remacle, D. Rouch, H.G. Schlegel, S. Silver, D. Taylor and J. Trevors for communicating information or manuscripts prior to publication, to j. Fry, N. Glansdorff and S. Silver for reading this manuscript and offering helpful criticism and to J-M. Collard, L. Diels, J. Frenay and D. Springael for numerous suggestions and discussions. Our own research quoted in this paper was partially supported by EEC (BAP0366 contract) and by a grant from the Flemish Regional Government (Vlaams Aktie Programma voor Biotechnologie). This paper is dedicated to Prof. S. Amelinckx, past director of SCK/CEN (Center of Studies for Nuclear Energy).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Not added | BAP0366 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering