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Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment
Radionuclides in the environment are a major human and environmental health concern. Like the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is once again causing damage to the environment: a large quantity of radioactive waste is being generated and dumped into the envir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23617701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12059 |
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author | Prakash, Dhan Gabani, Prashant Chandel, Anuj K Ronen, Zeev Singh, Om V |
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description | Radionuclides in the environment are a major human and environmental health concern. Like the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is once again causing damage to the environment: a large quantity of radioactive waste is being generated and dumped into the environment, and if the general population is exposed to it, may cause serious life-threatening disorders. Bioremediation has been viewed as the ecologically responsible alternative to environmentally destructive physical remediation. Microorganisms carry endogenous genetic, biochemical and physiological properties that make them ideal agents for pollutant remediation in soil and groundwater. Attempts have been made to develop native or genetically engineered (GE) microbes for the remediation of environmental contaminants including radionuclides. Microorganism-mediated bioremediation can affect the solubility, bioavailability and mobility of radionuclides. Therefore, we aim to unveil the microbial-mediated mechanisms for biotransformation of radionuclides under various environmental conditions as developing strategies for waste management of radionuclides. A discussion follows of ‘-omics’-integrated genomics and proteomics technologies, which can be used to trace the genes and proteins of interest in a given microorganism towards a cell-free bioremediation strategy. |
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spelling | pubmed-39174702014-02-12 Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment Prakash, Dhan Gabani, Prashant Chandel, Anuj K Ronen, Zeev Singh, Om V Microb Biotechnol Minireviews Radionuclides in the environment are a major human and environmental health concern. Like the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is once again causing damage to the environment: a large quantity of radioactive waste is being generated and dumped into the environment, and if the general population is exposed to it, may cause serious life-threatening disorders. Bioremediation has been viewed as the ecologically responsible alternative to environmentally destructive physical remediation. Microorganisms carry endogenous genetic, biochemical and physiological properties that make them ideal agents for pollutant remediation in soil and groundwater. Attempts have been made to develop native or genetically engineered (GE) microbes for the remediation of environmental contaminants including radionuclides. Microorganism-mediated bioremediation can affect the solubility, bioavailability and mobility of radionuclides. Therefore, we aim to unveil the microbial-mediated mechanisms for biotransformation of radionuclides under various environmental conditions as developing strategies for waste management of radionuclides. A discussion follows of ‘-omics’-integrated genomics and proteomics technologies, which can be used to trace the genes and proteins of interest in a given microorganism towards a cell-free bioremediation strategy. John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2013-07 2013-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3917470/ /pubmed/23617701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12059 Text en © 2013 The Author. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Prakash, Dhan Gabani, Prashant Chandel, Anuj K Ronen, Zeev Singh, Om V Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title | Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title_full | Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title_fullStr | Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title_short | Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
title_sort | bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23617701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12059 |
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