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Title: Bioremediation of nanomaterials

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1084066

The present invention provides a method comprising the use of microorganisms for nanotoxicity study and bioremediation. In some embodiment, the microorganisms are bacterial organisms such as Gram negative bacteria, which are used as model organisms to study the nanotoxicity of the fullerene compounds: E. coli W3110, a human related enterobacterium and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, an environmentally important bacterium with versatile metabolism.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
8,440,423
Application Number:
12/525,875
OSTI ID:
1084066
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 and other microorganisms journal July 2006
Method for bacterial reduction of chromium (VI) patent October 1996
Charge-Associated Effects of Fullerene Derivatives on Microbial Structural Integrity and Central Metabolism journal March 2007
Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov. journal April 1999