Lloyd Jonathan R, Renshaw Joanna C
Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science and School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2005 Jun;16(3):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.04.012.
Given the scale of the contamination associated with 60 years of global nuclear activity, and the inherent high financial and environmental costs associated with invasive physical and chemical clean-up strategies, there is an unparalleled interest in new passive in situ bioremediation processes for sites contaminated with nuclear waste. Many of these processes rely on successfully harnessing newly discovered natural biogeochemical cycles for key radionuclides and fission products. Recent advances have been made in understanding the microbial colonization of radioactive environments and the biological basis of microbial transformations of radioactive waste in these settings.
考虑到全球60年核活动所带来的污染规模，以及侵入性物理和化学清理策略所固有的高昂财务和环境成本，对于受核废料污染场地的新型被动原位生物修复工艺，人们有着前所未有的兴趣。其中许多工艺依赖于成功利用新发现的关键放射性核素和裂变产物的自然生物地球化学循环。在理解放射性环境中的微生物定殖以及这些环境中放射性废物微生物转化的生物学基础方面，最近取得了进展。
