Uranium phosphate biomineralization by fungi.
@article{Liang2015UraniumPB, title={Uranium phosphate biomineralization by fungi.}, author={Xinjin Liang and Stephen Hillier and Helen Pendlowski and Nia Gray and Andrea Ceci and Geoffrey Michael Gadd}, journal={Environmental microbiology}, year={2015}, volume={17 6}, pages={ 2064-75 } }
Geoactive soil fungi were investigated for phosphatase-mediated uranium precipitation during growth on an organic phosphorus source. Aspergillus niger and Paecilomyces javanicus were grown on modified Czapek-Dox medium amended with glycerol 2-phosphate (G2P) as sole P source and uranium nitrate. Both organisms showed reduced growth on uranium-containing media but were able to extensively precipitate uranium and phosphorus-containing minerals on hyphal surfaces, and these were identified by X…
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