Global searches for microalgae and aquatic plants that can eliminate radioactive cesium, iodine and strontium from the radio-polluted aquatic environment: A bioremediation strategy

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-89

  Fukuda, Shin ya ^a   Iwamoto, Koji ^a   Atsumi, Mika ^a   Yokoyama, Akiko ^a   Nakayama, Takeshi ^a   Ishida, Ken ichiro ^a   Inouye, Isao ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal phytoremediation; Bioaccumulation; Radioactive cesium; Radionuclide elimination; Radiopollution; The Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant accident

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE;

CESIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; STRAMENOPILE; VIRIDIPLANTAE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VIRIDIPLANTAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84891843694     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0596-9     Document Type: Article

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