Efficient bioremediation of radioactive iodine using biogenic gold nanomaterial-containing radiation-resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans R1

  • Mi Hee Choi
  • , Sun Wook Jeong
  • , Ha Eun Shim
  • , Seong Jae Yun
  • , Sajid Mushtaq
  • , Dae Seong Choi
  • , Beom Su Jang
  • , Jung Eun Yang
  • , Yong Jun Choi
  • , Jongho Jeon

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Abstract

We herein report a new bioremediation method using a radiation-resistant bacterium. Biogenic gold nanomaterial-containing Deinococcus radiodurans R1 showed excellent capability for the removal of radioactive iodine (>99%) in several aqueous solutions. These observations demonstrated that our remediation system would be efficiently applied to the treatment of radioactive wastes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3937-3940
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume53
Issue number28
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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