HEAVY-METAL BINDING BACTERIA AND THEIR USE IN DETOXIFICATION OF HEAVY METAL-CONTAMINATED MEDIA

• Main Authors: LORENZO PRIETO, VICTOR, DE, ATRIAN VENTURA, SILVIA, VALLS MATHEU, MARC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Spanish
• Published: 06.12.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE; VINEGAR; WINE

The heavy metal-binding bacteria is a bacterium adapted to the soil and having naturally or genetically engineered resistance to heavy metals. Said bacteria have been modified to express on their surface at least one protein or a peptide sequence capable of binding one or more heavy metals. In a spe...