Publicaties
Mechanisms of gold biomineralization in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
While the role of microorganisms as main drivers of metal mobility and mineral formation under Earth surface conditions is now widely accepted, the formation of secondary gold (Au) is commonly attributed to abiotic processes. Here we report that the biomineralization of Au nanoparticles in the metallophillic bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 is the result of Au-regulated gene expression leading to the energy-dependent reductive ...
The ability of basalt to leach nutrients and support growth of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 depends on basalt composition and element release Universiteit Gent
Seasonal Variation of Mercury Methylation Potential in Pristine Coastal Marine Sediment from the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) is considered as an important “natural bioreactor” that can be stimulated to increase sedimentary methylmercury (MeHg) production by mobilizing its extensive mercury (Hg) pool. Sediment samples, collected in the southern pristine, less contaminated, part of the gulf, were amended with radioactive 197Hg in incubation experiments to determine the seasonal variation of Hg methylation potential at two ...