Racionero-Gómez, B. and Sproson, A.D. and Selby, D. and Gröcke, D.R. and Redden, H. and Greenwell, H.C. (2016) 'Rhenium uptake and distribution in phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus.', Royal Society open science., 3 (5). p. 160161.
Abstract
Owing to Rhenium (Re) having no known biological role, it is not fully understood how Re is concentrated in oil kerogens. A commonly held assumption is that Re is incorporated into decomposing biomass under reducing conditions. However, living macroalgae also concentrate Re to several orders of magnitude greater than that of seawater. This study uses Fucus vesiculosus to assess Re uptake and its subsequent localization in the biomass. It is demonstrated that the Re abundance varies within the macroalgae and that Re is not located in one specific structure. In F. vesiculosus, the uptake and tolerance of Re was evaluated via tip cultures grown in seawater of different Re(VII) compound concentrations (0–7450 ng g−1). A positive correlation is shown between the concentration of Re-doped seawater and the abundance of Re accumulated in the tips. However, significant differences between Re(VII) compounds are observed. Although the specific cell structures where the Re is localized is not known, our findings suggest that Re is not held within chloroplasts or cytoplasmic proteins. In addition, metabolically inactivated F. vesiculosus does not accumulate Re, which indicates that Re uptake is via syn-life bioadsorption/bioaccumulation and that macroalgae may provide a source for Re phytomining and/or bioremediation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (1231Kb) |
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Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160161 |
Publisher statement: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Date accepted: | 12 April 2016 |
Date deposited: | 06 April 2016 |
Date of first online publication: | 11 May 2016 |
Date first made open access: | No date available |
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