Sunlight-exposed biofilm microbial communities are naturally resistant to chernobyl ionizing-radiation levels.

<h4>Background</h4>The Chernobyl accident represents a long-term experiment on the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation at the ecosystem level. Though studies of these effects on plants and animals are abundant, the study of how Chernobyl radiation levels affect prokaryotic and euka...

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Main Authors: Marie Ragon, Gwendal Restoux, David Moreira, Anders Pape Møller, Purificación López-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21765911/pdf/?tool=EBI