Fungal spore involvement in the resuspension of radiocaesium in summer
| Autor: | Kentaro Hosaka, Naho Hayashi, Takeshi Kinase, Hiroshi Okochi, Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Yuji Zaizen, Teruya Maki, Yasuhito Igarashi, Mizuo Kajino, Masahide Ishizuka, Kazuyuki Kita, Chisato Takenaka, Atsuyuki Sorimachi, Kouji Adachi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Indoor bioaerosol lcsh:Medicine Warm season Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Radiation Monitoring Temperate climate Fukushima Nuclear Accident Air Pollution Radioactive lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary biology lcsh:R Cerium Radioisotopes Basidiomycota Contamination Spores Fungal biology.organism_classification Spore Aerosol 030104 developmental biology Environmental chemistry Environmental science lcsh:Q Seasons 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Bioaerosol |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | We observed the atmospheric resuspension of radiocaesium, derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, at Namie, a heavily contaminated area of Fukushima, since 2012. During the survey periods from 2012 to 2015, the activity concentrations of radiocaesium in air ranged from approximately 10−5 to 10−2 Bq per m3 and were higher in the warm season than in the cold season. Electron microscopy showed that the particles collected on filters in summer were predominantly of biological origin (bioaerosols), with which the observed radiocaesium activity concentration varied. We conducted an additional aerosol analysis based on fluorescent optical microscopic observation and high-throughput DNA sequencing technique to identify bioaerosols at Namie in 2015 summer. The concentrations of bioaerosols fluctuated the order of 106 particles per m3, and the phyla Basidiomycota and Ascomycota (true Fungi) accounted for approximately two-thirds of the bioaerosols. Moreover, the fungal spore concentration in air was positively correlated with the radiocaesium concentration at Namie in summer 2016. The bioaerosol emissions from Japanese mixed forests in the temperate zone predominately included fungal cells, which are known to accumulate radiocaesium, and should be considered an important scientific issue that must be addressed. |
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