Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 1381-1392Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2531
Keywords
mineralization; gold; nanoparticles; reduction; fungi
Funding
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (PMSHE)
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
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This contribution describes the deposition of gold nanoparticles by microbial reduction of Au(III) ions using the mycelium of Mucor plumbeus. Biosorption as the major mechanism of Au(III) ions binding by the fungal cells and the reduction of them to the form of Au(0) on/in the cell wall, followed by the transportation of the synthesized gold nanoparticles to the cytoplasm, is postulated. The probable mechanism behind the reduction of Au(III) ions is discussed, leading to the conclusion that this process is nonenzymatic one. Chitosan of the fungal cell wall is most likely to be the major molecule involved in biomineralization of gold by the mycelium of M. plumbeus. Separation of gold nanoparticles from the cells has been carried out by the ultrasonic disintegration and the obtained nanostructures were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy and transmission electron micrograph analysis. (C) 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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