Design and Construction of Deinococcus Radiodurans for Biodegradation of Organic Toxins at Radioactive DOE Waste Sites
- USUHS, Pathology< Bethesda MD
Seventy million cubic meters of ground and three trillion liters of groundwater have been contaminated by leaking radioactive waste generated in the United States during the Cold War. A cleanup technology is being developed based on the extremely radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans that is being engineered to express bioremediating functions. Research aimed at developing D. radiodurans for organic toxin degradation in highly radioactive waste sites containing radionuclides, heavy metals, and toxic organic compounds was started by this group.Work funded by the existing grant has already contributed to eleven papers on the fundamental biology of D. radiodurans and its design for bioremediation of highly radioactive waste environments
- Research Organization:
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-97ER20293
- OSTI ID:
- 811868
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/20293; EMSP 59786
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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