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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Cyplus Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;
Stephen Gos, Miltenberg, DE;
Andrea Christiansen, Rostock, DE;
Xin Lu, Essen, DE;
Guido Meurer, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Yvonne Tiffert, Mannheim, DE;
Esther Gabor, Zwingenberg, DE;
Benedikt Hoffmann, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Martin Langer, Karlsruhe, DE;
CvPlus GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention provides an assay for identifying a bacterium capable of binding elemental heavy metal, comprising the following steps: cultivating a test bacterium in a suitable first culture medium; immersing at least a surface portion of a test tool into the first culture medium for a second predetermined period of time, said surface portion being coated by elemental heavy metal, respectively; removing said test tool from said first culture medium and optionally rinsing the test tool; contacting a second culture medium with the surface portion coated by elemental heavy metal of said test tool removed in the previous step; and identifying the test bacterium as being capable of binding elemental heavy metal from growth of the test bacterium in said second culture medium.