title: Engineering radiation-resistant bacteria for environmental biotechnology.
abstract: Seventy million cubic meters of ground and three trillion liters of groundwater have been contaminated by leaking radioactive waste generated in the United States during the Cold War. A cleanup technology is being developed based on the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans, which is being engineered to express bioremediating functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. mdaly@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology; D004777:Environment; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000235:genetics*; D011850:Radioactive Waste
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D011850:Radioactive Waste