Microbiome analysis of the restricted bacteria in radioactive element-containing water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

This study represents the first comprehensive analysis of microbial communities, utilizing meta 16S amplicon sequencing, with a focus on environmental samples collected from the radioactive element-containing water in the torus room, including the surrounding environments. Some of the identified microbial genera are shared with those previously identified in spent nuclear fuel pools in countries such as France and Brazil. Moreover, our discussion in this paper elucidates the correlation of many of these bacteria with metal corrosion.PMID:38470121 | DOI:10.1128/aem.02113-23

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - March 12, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Tomoro Warashina Asako Sato Hiroshi Hinai Nurislam Shaikhutdinov Elena Shagimardanova Hiroshi Mori Satoshi Tamaki Motofumi Saito Yukihisa Sanada Yoshito Sasaki Kozue Shimada Yuma Dotsuta Toru Kitagaki Shigenori Maruyama Oleg Gusev Issay Narumi Ken Kurokaw Source Type: research