Manuel Martínez-Luque

TL;DR: Nitrogen is a basic element for life because it is a component of the two preeminent biological macromolecules: proteins and nucleic acids.

TL;DR: Cyanase activity was induced during growth with cyanide or cyanate, but not with ammonium or nitrate as the nitrogen source, suggesting that cyanate could be an intermediate in the cyanide degradation pathway, but alternative routes cannot be excluded.

TL;DR: Water containing cyanide was biologically detoxified with the bacterial strain Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 in a batch reactor, which constitutes an effective alternative to available physico-chemical methods for the purification of wastewater containing cyanides or cyano-metal complexes.

TL;DR: A proteomic approach was used for the isolation and identification, in this strain, of a protein that was induced in the presence of cyanide, namely CN0, that is involved in siderophore biosynthesis in response to cyanide.

TL;DR: This review provides an overview of how cells deal in the presence of the poison cyanide that irreversible binds to metals causing, among other things, iron-deprivation conditions outside the cell and metalloenzymes inhibition inside the cell.