Absorption of Radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident by a Novel Algal Strain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Shimura, Hiroki ^a   Itoh, Katsuhiko ^b   Sugiyama, Atsushi ^c   Ichijo, Sayaka ^a   Ichijo, Masashi ^a   Furuya, Fumihiko ^a   Nakamura, Yuji ^c   Kitahara, Ken ^c   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^d   Yukawa, Yasuhiro ^a,e   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Japan Biomass Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PARACHLORELLA BINOS; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MICROALGAE; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ALGAE; PARACHLORELLA;

EID: 84866309602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044200     Document Type: Article

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