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Feasting, Flourishing in Radioactivity.

Waste Treatment Technology News

| November 19, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 2003 BCC Research. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Radiation-resistant microbes are being genetically engineered to feast on pollutants common to radioactive waste sites. Although the bacteria do not naturally thrive on contaminants, University of Minnesota (1479 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108; Tel: 612/625-3785) biochemist Larry Wackett is leading a project that will engineer the bugs to completely clean up radioactive organic solvent waste.

The hardy bacteria, named Deinococcus radiodurans, were discovered 20 years ago in a can of irradiated meat. When exposed to radiation, they do exhibit chromosomal breakage and other damage, but still flourish due to their astounding repair mechanisms.

To coax the …

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