[Black substance] Nuclear expert, “Melanized fungal cells manifested increased growth with radiation exposure”

Cyanobacteria is observed mass generated from Fukushima to Tokyo to concentrate extremely high level of radiation, which is called black substance.
(cf, 43 million Bq/Kg of cesium measured from black substance [Link])

In 2007, nuclear experts from Albert Einstein College of Medicine wrote the report about fungi growing in Chernobyl.
It suggests the possible relationship between radiation and the black substance seen after Fukushima.

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Most dramatically, melanized fungal species colonize the walls of the highly radioactive damaged reactor at Chernobyl [6] and surrounding soils [7]. These findings, and the laboratory observations of the resistance of melanized fungi to ionizing radiation [8], [9], suggest a role for this pigment in radioprotection.
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Exposure of melanin to ionizing radiation, and possibly other forms of electromagnetic radiation, changes its electronic properties. Melanized fungal cells manifested increased growth relative to non-melanized cells after exposure to ionizing radiation, raising intriguing questions about a potential role for melanin in energy capture and utilization.
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Citation: Dadachova E, Bryan RA, Huang X, Moadel T, Schweitzer AD, et al. (2007) Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi. PLoS ONE 2(5): e457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000457

 

 

(Ndt: Cyanobacteria are the most primitive group of unicellular algae, some are very close to fungi).

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Français :

[Substance noire] Un expert nucléaire : “Des cellules mélanisées de champignons ont manifesté une croissance accélérée sous exposition à la radioactivité”

Des cyanobactéries sont observées se développant en masse de Fukushima à Tokyo et concentrant la radioactivité à des niveaux extrêmement élevés, elles sont appelées la substance noire.
(cf. 43 millions Bq/kg de césium dans de la substance noire [Lien])

En 2007, des experts du nucléaire du Collège de Médecine Albert Einstein ont écrit un rapport sur des champignons poussant à Tchernobyl. Il suggère une possible relation entre la radioactivité et la substance noire observée après Fukushima.

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Plus spectaculairement, les espèces de champignons mélanisées colonisent les murs du réacteur endommagé et hautement radioactif de Tchernobyl [6] et les sols alentour [7]. Ces découvertes et les observations en laboratoire de la résistance à la radioactivité des champignons mélanisés [8], [9], suggèrent un rôle de ce pigment dans la radioprotection.
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L’exposition de la mélanine aux radiation ionisantes et aux autres formes possibles de rayonnements électromagnétiques changent ses propriétés électroniques. Les cellules fongiques mélanisées ont manifesté une croissance plus importante que celles non-mélaniées après exposition aux radiations ionisantes, soulevant des questions intrigantes sur un possible rôle de la mélanine dans la capture et utilisation de l’énergie.
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Article complet

 

Citation: Dadachova E, Bryan RA, Huang X, Moadel T, Schweitzer AD, et al. (2007) Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi. PLoS ONE 2(5): e457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000457

(Ndt: Les cyanobactéries sont le groupe le plus primitif des algues unicellulaires, certaines sont très proches des champignons)

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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