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Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH (1998)
Journal Article
Haas, J. R., Bailey, E. H., & William Purvis, O. (1998). Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH. American Mineralogist, 83(11-12 Part 2), 1494-1502. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-1998-11-1237

Uranium sorption experiments were carried out at ∼25 °C using natural samples of the lichen Peltigera membranacea. Thalli were incubated in solutions containing 100 ppm U for up to 24 h at pH values from 2 to 10. Equilibrium sorption was not observed... Read More about Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH.

Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation (1998)
Journal Article
McLean, J., Purvis, O. W., Williamson, B. J., & Bailey, E. H. (1998). Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation. Nature, 391(6668), 649-650. https://doi.org/10.1038/35533

Lichens are successful colonizers in extreme terrestrial habitats world-wide, including metalliferous environments1. Their ability to accumulate metals has led to their use in monitoring radionuclide fall-out from Chernobyl and uranium uptake from du... Read More about Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation.