Direct Meta-Analyses Reveal Unexpected Microbial Life in the Highly Radioactive Water of an Operating Nuclear Reactor Core

The pools of nuclear reactor facilities constitute harsh environments for life, bathed with ionizing radiation, filled with demineralized water and containing toxic radioactive elements. The very few studies published to date have explored water pools used to store spent nuclear fuels. Due to access...

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Published in:	Microorganisms
Main Authors:	Pauline C. M. Petit, Olivier Pible, Valérie Van Eesbeeck, Claude Alban, Gérard Steinmetz, Mohamed Mysara, Pieter Monsieurs, Jean Armengaud, Corinne Rivasseau
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Subjects:	environmental microbiome nuclear reactor irradiation metabarcoding 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing proteotyping
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/12/1857