Microbial melanins for radioprotection and bioremediation
Open Access
- 14 August 2017
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Microbial Biotechnology
- Vol. 10 (5), 1186-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12807
Abstract
Microbial melanins provide a biocompatible and scalable approach for bioremediation and radioprotection technologies due to their physicochemical properties.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (5R01AI052733-13)
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