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. 2017 Jan;10(1):17-18.
doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12434. Epub 2016 Nov 14.

Microbes go nano

Jesús M Sanz  1 , Beatriz Maestro  1
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Microbes go nano

Jesús M Sanz et al. Microb Biotechnol. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Walk on the small side. Nanotechnology meets Microbiology thanks to the high versatility of synthetic routes in microorganisms, leading to the production of nanoparticles of biotechnological and biomedical interest.

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Accumulation of selenium nanoparticles inside Azoarcus sp. CIB cells (courtesy of Dr. M. Carmona).
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