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Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications
Radionuclides (RNs) generated by nuclear and civil industries are released in natural ecosystems and may have a hazardous impact on human health and the environment. RN‐polluted environments harbour different microbial species that become highly tolerant of these elements through mechanisms includin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33615734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13718 |
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author | Lopez‐Fernandez, Margarita Jroundi, Fadwa Ruiz‐Fresneda, Miguel A. Merroun, Mohamed L. |
author_facet | Lopez‐Fernandez, Margarita Jroundi, Fadwa Ruiz‐Fresneda, Miguel A. Merroun, Mohamed L. |
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description | Radionuclides (RNs) generated by nuclear and civil industries are released in natural ecosystems and may have a hazardous impact on human health and the environment. RN‐polluted environments harbour different microbial species that become highly tolerant of these elements through mechanisms including biosorption, biotransformation, biomineralization and intracellular accumulation. Such microbial–RN interaction processes hold biotechnological potential for the design of bioremediation strategies to deal with several contamination problems. This paper, with its multidisciplinary approach, provides a state‐of‐the‐art review of most research endeavours aimed to elucidate how microbes deal with radionuclides and how they tolerate ionizing radiations. In addition, the most recent findings related to new biotechnological applications of microbes in the bioremediation of radionuclides and in the long‐term disposal of nuclear wastes are described and discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-80859142021-05-07 Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications Lopez‐Fernandez, Margarita Jroundi, Fadwa Ruiz‐Fresneda, Miguel A. Merroun, Mohamed L. Microb Biotechnol Minireviews Radionuclides (RNs) generated by nuclear and civil industries are released in natural ecosystems and may have a hazardous impact on human health and the environment. RN‐polluted environments harbour different microbial species that become highly tolerant of these elements through mechanisms including biosorption, biotransformation, biomineralization and intracellular accumulation. Such microbial–RN interaction processes hold biotechnological potential for the design of bioremediation strategies to deal with several contamination problems. This paper, with its multidisciplinary approach, provides a state‐of‐the‐art review of most research endeavours aimed to elucidate how microbes deal with radionuclides and how they tolerate ionizing radiations. In addition, the most recent findings related to new biotechnological applications of microbes in the bioremediation of radionuclides and in the long‐term disposal of nuclear wastes are described and discussed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8085914/ /pubmed/33615734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13718 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Lopez‐Fernandez, Margarita Jroundi, Fadwa Ruiz‐Fresneda, Miguel A. Merroun, Mohamed L. Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title | Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title_full | Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title_fullStr | Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title_short | Microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
title_sort | microbial interaction with and tolerance of radionuclides: underlying mechanisms and biotechnological applications |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33615734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13718 |
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