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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Osaka Prefecture University Public Corporation, Sakai-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/16 (2006.01); C22B 3/18 (2006.01); C12R 1/645 (2006.01); C12R 1/865 (2006.01); C22B 11/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/00 (2006.01); C12P 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/18 (2013.01); C12N 1/16 (2013.01); C12P 3/00 (2013.01); C12R 1/645 (2013.01); C12R 1/865 (2013.01); C22B 11/04 (2013.01); Y02P 10/234 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present application provides a method to recover noble metal ions by reduction with using yeast. In the method, a liquid containing noble metal ions is provided. An electron donor and yeast are added into the liquid to bring the yeast in contact with the noble metal ions to reduce the noble metal ions. The noble metal can be accumulated in a fungus body of the yeast. The electron donor can be an organic acid, a salt thereof, an alcohol and hydrogen gas.