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Ralstonia metallidurans (CH34) is a Gram-negative, non-spore forming bacillus that is able to survive and flourish in millimolar concentrations of heavy metals, and plays a vital role in the formation of gold,[1] a metal highly toxic to most other microorganisms. This microbe was formerly known as Ralstonia eutropha and Alcaligenes eutrophus.
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- ^ Frank Reith, Stephen L. Rogers, D. C. McPhail, and Daryl Webb, "Biomineralization of Gold: Biofilms on Bacterioform Gold", Science, vol. 313, no. 5784 (14 July 2006): 233-236. (abstract and author contact)
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