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Bacterial biofilms on gold grains—implications for geomicrobial transformations of gold by Rea, Maria Angelica, Zammit, Carla M., Reith, Frank

“…The biogeochemical cycling of gold (Au), i.e. its solubilization, transport and re-precipitation, leading to the (trans)formation of Au grains and nuggets has…”
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In situ recovery of uranium — the microbial influence by Zammit, Carla M., Brugger, Joël, Southam, Gordon, Reith, Frank

“…In situ recovery (ISR) has become an increasingly utilized technology worldwide for the economical extraction of uranium (U). Microorganisms play a significant…”
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Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database by Bissett, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Anna, Meintjes, Thys, Mele, Pauline M, Reith, Frank, Dennis, Paul G, Breed, Martin F, Brown, Belinda, Brown, Mark V, Brugger, Joel, Byrne, Margaret, Caddy-Retalic, Stefan, Carmody, Bernie, Coates, David J, Correa, Carolina, Ferrari, Belinda C, Gupta, Vadakattu V S R, Hamonts, Kelly, Haslem, Asha, Hugenholtz, Philip, Karan, Mirko, Koval, Jason, Lowe, Andrew J, Macdonald, Stuart, McGrath, Leanne, Martin, David, Morgan, Matt, North, Kristin I, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Pendall, Elise, Phillips, Lori, Pirzl, Rebecca, Powell, Jeff R, Ragan, Mark A, Schmidt, Susanne, Seymour, Nicole, Snape, Ian, Stephen, John R, Stevens, Matthew, Tinning, Matt, Williams, Kristen, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Zammit, Carla M, Young, Andrew

“…Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology…”
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High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of native proteins by Weiland, Florian, Zammit, Carla M., Reith, Frank, Hoffmann, Peter

“…Blue native PAGE (BN‐PAGE) is a powerful method to separate protein complexes while preserving their native state. However, the resolution of the method is…”
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Geobiological Cycling of Gold: From Fundamental Process Understanding to Exploration Solutions by Frank Reith, Joël Brugger, Gordon Southam, Dietrich H. Nies, Carla M. Zammit

“…Microbial communities mediating gold cycling occur on gold grains from (sub)-tropical, (semi)-arid, temperate and subarctic environments. The majority of…”
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A whole-cell biosensor for the detection of gold by Zammit, Carla M, Quaranta, Davide, Gibson, Shane, Zaitouna, Anita J, Ta, Christine, Brugger, Joël, Lai, Rebecca Y, Grass, Gregor, Reith, Frank

“…Geochemical exploration for gold (Au) is becoming increasingly important to the mining industry. Current processes for Au analyses require sampling materials…”
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Correction: A Whole-Cell Biosensor for the Detection of Gold by Zammit, Carla M., Quaranta, Davide, Gibson, Shane, Zaitouna, Anita J., Ta, Christine, Brugger, Joël, Lai, Rebecca Y., Grass, Gregor, Reith, Frank

“…(2011) suggested that biosensor systems may be useful for quantifying Au in real soil samples this was not tested in their study. (2011) biosensor was…”
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Geogenic Factors as Drivers of Microbial Community Diversity in Soils Overlying Polymetallic Deposits by Reith, Frank, Zammit, Carla M, Pohrib, Rebecca, Gregg, Adrienne L, Wakelin, Steven A

“…This study shows that the geogenic factors landform, lithology, and underlying mineral deposits (expressed by elevated metal concentrations in overlying soils)…”
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Biological role in the transformation of platinum-group mineral grains by Reith, Frank, Zammit, Carla M., Shar, Sahar S., Etschmann, Barbara, Bottrill, Ralph, Southam, Gordon, Ta, Christine, Kilburn, Matthew, Oberthür, Thomas, Ball, Andrew S., Brugger, Joël

“…Microbes can mineralize metals such as gold. Observations of platinum-group mineral grains and incubation experiments reveal that bacteria can also transform…”
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Bioleaching in brackish waters—effect of chloride ions on the acidophile population and proteomes of model species by Zammit, Carla M., Mangold, Stefanie, rao Jonna, Venkateswara, Mutch, Lesley A., Watling, Helen R., Dopson, Mark, Watkin, Elizabeth L. J.

“…High concentrations of chloride ions inhibit the growth of acidophilic microorganisms used in biomining, a problem particularly relevant to Western Australian…”
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Influence of geogenic factors on microbial communities in metallogenic Australian soils by Reith, Frank, Brugger, Joel, Zammit, Carla M, Gregg, Adrienne L, Goldfarb, Katherine C, Andersen, Gary L, DeSantis, Todd Z, Piceno, Yvette M, Brodie, Eoin L, Lu, Zhenmei, He, Zhili, Zhou, Jizhong, Wakelin, Steven A

“…Links between microbial community assemblages and geogenic factors were assessed in 187 soil samples collected from four metal-rich provinces across Australia…”
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Proteomic responses to gold(iii)-toxicity in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 by Zammit, Carla M, Weiland, Florian, Brugger, Joël, Wade, Benjamin, Winderbaum, Lyron Juan, Nies, Dietrich H, Southam, Gordon, Hoffmann, Peter, Reith, Frank

“…The metal-resistant β-proteobacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans drives gold (Au) biomineralisation and the (trans)formation of Au nuggets largely via unknown…”
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The future of biotechnology for gold exploration and processing by Zammit, Carla M., Cook, Nigel, Brugger, Joël, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Reith, Frank

“…[Display omitted] ► The demand and price of gold is continually rising. ► New developments in microscopic and molecular microbial techniques. ► Resulted in an…”
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The recovery of nucleic acid from biomining and acid mine drainage microorganisms by Zammit, Carla M., Mutch, Lesley A., Watling, Helen R., Watkin, Elizabeth L.J.

“…The cornerstone of biological molecular techniques is the extraction of the intra- or extra-cellular component of interest. However, inefficiencies in the…”
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Erratum to: Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database by Bissett, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Anna, Court, Leon, Meintjes, Thys, Mele, Pauline M., Reith, Frank, Dennis, Paul G., Breed, Martin F., Brown, Belinda, Brown, Mark V., Brugger, Joel, Byrne, Margaret, Caddy-Retalic, Stefan, Carmody, Bernie, Coates, David J., Correa, Carolina, Ferrari, Belinda C., Gupta, Vadakattu V. S. R., Hamonts, Kelly, Haslem, Asha, Hugenholtz, Philip, Karan, Mirko, Koval, Jason, Lowe, Andrew J., Macdonald, Stuart, McGrath, Leanne, Martin, David, Morgan, Matt, North, Kristin I., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Pendall, Elise, Phillips, Lori, Pirzl, Rebecca, Powell, Jeff R., Ragan, Mark A., Schmidt, Susanne, Seymour, Nicole, Snape, Ian, Stephen, John R., Stevens, Matthew, Tinning, Matt, Williams, Kristen, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Zammit, Carla M., Young, Andrew

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Biogeochemical cycling of gold: Transforming gold particles from arctic Finland by Reith, Frank, Rea, Maria Angelica D., Sawley, Paige, Zammit, Carla M., Nolze, Gert, Reith, Tina, Rantanen, Kai, Bissett, Andrew

“…(Bio)geochemical cycling of gold (Au) has been demonstrated in present-day (semi)-arid, (sub)-tropical and temperate environment. Hereby biofilms on Au-bearing…”
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Proteomic responses to gold(iii)-toxicity in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00142d by Zammit, Carla M, Weiland, Florian, Brugger, Joël, Wade, Benjamin, Winderbaum, Lyron Juan, Nies, Dietrich H, Southam, Gordon, Hoffmann, Peter, Reith, Frank

“…The metal-resistant β-proteobacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans drives gold (Au) biomineralisation and the (trans)formation of Au nuggets largely via unknown…”
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A Whole-Cell Biosensor for the Detection of Gold. e69292 by Zammit, Carla M, Quaranta, Davide, Gibson, Shane, Zaitouna, Anita J, Ta, Christine, Brugger, Joeel, Lai, Rebecca Y, Grass, Gregor, Reith, Frank

“…Geochemical exploration for gold (Au) is becoming increasingly important to the mining industry. Current processes for Au analyses require sampling materials…”
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