Production of cadmium sulfide quantum dots by the lithobiontic Antarctic strain Pedobacter sp. UYP1 and their application as photosensitizer in solar cells

• Published in: Microbial Cell Factories
• Main Authors: Carrasco, V., Amarelle, V., Lagos-Moraga, S., Quezada, C. P., Espinoza-González, R., Faccio, R., Fabiano, E., Pérez-Donoso, J. M.
• Other Authors: Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Antártico Uruguayo, Instituto Antártico Chileno, Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Fondecyt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Bioengineering; Biotechnology; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12934-021-01531-4; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12934-021-01531-4.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-021-01531-4/fulltext.html

Abstract Background Microbes are present in almost every environment on Earth, even in those with extreme environmental conditions such as Antarctica, where rocks may represent the main refuge for life. Lithobiontic communities are composed of microorganisms capable of colonizing rocks and, as it is...