Novel surface associated polyphosphate bodies sequester uranium in the filamentous, marine cyanobacterium, Anabaena torulosa

Acharya, Celin ; Apte, Shree Kumar (2013) Novel surface associated polyphosphate bodies sequester uranium in the filamentous, marine cyanobacterium, Anabaena torulosa Metallomics, 5 (12). p. 1595. ISSN 1756-5901

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1039/c3mt00139c

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3mt00139c

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.

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