Biomineralization of gold: Biofilms on bacterioform gold

Frank Reith; Stephen L. Rogers; D. C. McPhail; Daryl Webb

doi:10.1126/science.1125878

Biomineralization of gold: Biofilms on bacterioform gold

Frank Reith^*, Stephen L. Rogers, D. C. McPhail, Daryl Webb

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Abstract

Bacterial biofilms are associated with secondary gold grains from two sites in Australia. 165 ribosomal DNA clones of the genus Ralstonia that bear 99% similarity to the bacterium Ralstonia metallidurans-shown to precipitate gold from aqueous gold(III) tetrachloride-were present on all DNA-positive gold grains but were not detected in the surrounding soils. These results provide evidence for the bacterial contribution to the authigenic formation of secondary bacterioform gold grains and nuggets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	233-236
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	313
Issue number	5784
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1125878
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2006

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