Genomic Insights Into the Multimetal Resilience and Biofilm‐Templated Nanorod Biosynthesis of Stenotrophomonas bentonitica BII‐R7: Bioremediation and Green Nanotechnology Implications
Eduardo Perez‐Muelas, Miguel Angel Ruiz‐Fresneda, Guillermo Lazuen‐Lopez, Tatiana Lopez‐Perez, Fouad Eddaoudi‐Lakraichi, Mohammed Bakkali, Mohamed Larbi Merroun · 2026
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Eduardo Perez-Muelas and co-authors decoded how a soil bacterium resists many metals and grows mineral rods in a 2026 study. Stenotrophomonas bentonitica strain BII-R7 lives with levels of metals that would kill most microbes. Microbial metal reduction is well known, but the genes that turn shapeless deposits into neat nanocrystals were unclear.
Reading the genome, the team found the systems behind its multimetal resilience and its biofilm-templated nanorod growth. Those rods are biosynthesized nanomaterials, made without harsh chemistry. The findings point two ways: cleanup of metal-polluted sites, and green nanotechnology that lets bacteria manufacture structured materials. One genome thus informs both environmental repair and materials design.
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| CREATOR | Eduardo Perez‐Muelas, Miguel Angel Ruiz‐Fresneda, Guillermo Lazuen‐Lopez, Tatiana Lopez‐Perez, Fouad Eddaoudi‐Lakraichi, Mohammed Bakkali, Mohamed Larbi Merroun |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 83 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |