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Improved Eu(III) immobilization by Cladosporium sphaerospermum induced by low-temperature plasma

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To increase the bioaccumulation of Eu(III), low temperature plasma as a method of mutagenesis was introduced to mutate Cladosporium sphaerospermum (C. sphaerospermum). Mycelia doses, pH, and ionic strength obviously affected the Eu(III) immobilization on mycelia. The maximum immobilization capacities of Eu(III) on mutated C. sphaerospermum was 278.8 mg/g at pH 6.5, which was approximately three times than that of raw C. sphaerospermum. Before and after Eu(III) loaded mycelia were analyzed by XPS and FTIR, and intracellular structures of mycelia changed obviously under Eu(III) stress by TEM analysis. The results suggested that low temperature plasma could be utilized as a valuable treatment technology to improve fungi for the removal and immobilization of radionuclides in the environment.

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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21607156) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2015M581047).

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    Wencheng Song

  3. Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People’s Republic of China

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Liang, J., Li, L. & Song, W. Improved Eu(III) immobilization by Cladosporium sphaerospermum induced by low-temperature plasma. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 963–970 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5751-2

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