Research perspective of an extremophilic bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans on bioremediation of radioactive wastes

Sun Wook Jeong, Yong Jun Choi

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Abstract

Increasing concerns on radioactive wastes have drawn much attention on the development of remediation technologies. Massive amounts of radioactive wastes generated from hospital and nuclear power plants were exposed to our environment. Although physicochemical removal methods were developed, an eco-friendly remediation method has not yet been demonstrated. Recently, an extremophilic bacterium has received much attention due to their extraordinary characteristics. Among them, Deinococcus radiodurans (D. radiodurans) strain was regarded as the best host organism for the removal of radioactive heavy metals and radionuclides, because of their superb characteristics like tolerance against the high level of radioactivity. In this article, we briefly introduced the extraordinary nature of D. radiodurans and also discussed the potential use of D. radiodurans strain for the removal of radioactive wastes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-140
Number of pages8
JournalApplied Chemistry for Engineering
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2017

Keywords

  • Antioxidation
  • Bioremediation
  • DNA repair
  • Deinococcus radiodurans
  • Radioactive waste

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