Nanoparticle (NP) synthesis using biological resources as reducing agents is an eco-friendly and simple
strategy compared to the traditional physical/chemical methods. The ability of microorganisms of the
Archaea domain to synthesize metal NPs has been explored to a limited extent. Metal NPs have been
applied in several fields including catalysis, agriculture, biomedicine, electronics, and optics. Recently we
reported that the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii is capable of synthesizing silver and gold NPs. In
this work, we present a simple protocol for the obtention of metal NPs using this microorganism which may
be also used as a starting point for assaying NP biosynthesis in other haloarchaea.
Costa, M.I., Giménez, M.I. (2022). Metal nanoparticles Biosynthesis Using the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii. In: Ferreira-Cerca, S. (eds) Archaea. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2522. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_22
Link to chapter: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_22