title: Novel surface associated polyphosphate bodies sequester uranium in the filamentous, marine cyanobacterium, Anabaena torulosa.
abstract: A filamentous, heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacterium, Anabaena torulosa, has been shown to harbour surface associated, acid soluble polyphosphate bodies. Uranium immobilization by such polyphosphate bodies, reported in cyanobacteria for the first time, demonstrates a novel uranium sequestration phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085, India. celin@barc.gov.in aptesk@barc.gov.in sksmbd@barc.gov.in.
authors.forename: Celin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.forename: Shree Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Apte
mesh_terms: D017033:Anabaena / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D014501:Uranium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D014501:Uranium