Engineering radiation-resistant bacteria for environmental biotechnology.
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.
Daly
M J
MJ
Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. mdaly@usuhs.mil
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
D008670:Metals; D011850:Radioactive Waste