Role of filamentous fungi in migration of radioactive cesium in the Fukushima forest soil environment

Onuki, Toshihiko; Sakamoto, Fuminori; Kozai, Naofumi; Namba, Kenji*; Neda, Hitoshi*; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Watanabe, Naoko*; Kozaki, Tamotsu*

Environmental Science; Processes & Impacts, 21(7), p.1164 - 1173, 2019/07

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EM00046A

The fate of radioactive Cs deposited after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and its associated radiological impacts are largely dependent on its mobility from surface soils to forest ecosystems. We measured the accumulation of radioactive Cs in the fruit bodies of wild fungi in the forest at Iidate, Fukushima, Japan. The transfer factors (TFs) of radioactive Cs from soil to the fruit bodies of wild fungi were between 10 to 10, a range similar to those reported for the fruit bodies collected in Europe after the Chernobyl accident and in parts of Japan contaminated by nuclear bomb test fallout. Comparison of the TFs of the wild mushroom and that of the fungal hyphae of 704 stock strains grown on agar medium containing nutrients and radioactive Cs showed that the TFs of wild mushroom were lower. TF was less than 0.1 after addition of the minerals zeolite, vermiculite, phlogopite, smectite, or illite of 1% weight to the agar medium. These results indicate that the presence of minerals decrease Cs uptake by fungi grown in the agar medium.

Effect of minerals on accumulation of Cs by fungus

Onuki, Toshihiko; Sakamoto, Fuminori; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Kozai, Naofumi; Shiotsu, Hiroyuki; Utsunomiya, Satoshi*; Watanabe, Naoko*; Kozaki, Tamotsu*

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 144, p.127 - 133, 2015/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.018

The accumulation of Cs by unicellular fungus of in the presence of minerals has been studied to elucidate the role of microorganisms in the migration of radioactive Cs in the environment. In the presence of minerals in the agar medium, the radioactivity in the yeast cells was in the order of mica smectite, illite vermiculite, phlogopite, zeolite. This order is inversely correlated to the ratio of the concentration of radioactive Cs between the minerals and the medium solution. These results strongly suggest that the yeast accumulates radioactive Cs competitively with minerals.

Fe translocation in barley as monitored by a Positron-Emitting Tracer Imaging System (PETIS); Evidence for the direct translocation of Fe from roots to young leaves via phloem

Tsukamoto, Takashi*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Uchida, Hiroshi*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Mori, Satoshi*; Nishizawa, Naoko*

Plant & Cell Physiology, 50(1), p.48 - 57, 2009/01

https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcn192

Application of real time PCR for the quantitative detection of radiation-induced genomic DNA strand breaks

Yamauchi, Emiko*; Watanabe, Ritsuko; Oikawa, Miyoko*; Fujimoto, Hirofumi*; Yamada, Akinori*; Saito, Kimiaki; Murakami, Masahiro*; Hashido, Kazuo*; Tsuchida, Kozo*; Takada, Naoko*; et al.

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology, 77(1), p.17 - 24, 2008/02

The frequency of single strand breaks (SSBs) occurring on both strands of the pBR322 plasmid DNA region flanked by a pair of primers used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifications was determined after irradiation with Cs -rays. We refined that real time PCR is suitable for the detection and quantitative analysis of SSBs caused by -ray irradiation. The utility of this approach was also supported by the comparison of the practical experimental data with the Monte Carlo simulation. The potential application of this PCR method for the detection of genomic DNA damage was also confirmed.

Fe translocation from the roots to the ear of rice using a Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System (PETIS)

Tsukamoto, Takashi*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Nishizawa, Naoko*; Mori, Satoshi*

JAEA-Review 2006-042, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2005, P. 124, 2007/02

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2006-042.pdf

no abstracts in English

Biosynthesis and secretion of mugineic acid family phytosiderophores in zinc-deficient barley

Suzuki, Motofumi*; Takahashi, Michiko*; Tsukamoto, Takashi*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Yazaki, Junshi*; Kishimoto, Naoki*; Kikuchi, Shoshi*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Mori, Satoshi*; et al.

Plant Journal, 48(1), p.85 - 97, 2006/10

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02853.x

Real time monitoring of transportation of the metal elements from root to shoot of rice plant using PETIS

Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Tsukamoto, Takashi*; Nishizawa, Naoko*; Mori, Satoshi*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Thermal conductivity of granular zeolite in helium atmosphere and under vacuum

Ji, W.*; Fukushima, Hisashi*; Sato, Seichi*; Watanabe, Naoko*; Kozaki, Tamotsu*; Yamagishi, Isao; Nishihara, Kenji; Terada, Atsuhiko

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English