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NIES's Site Layout
 Radioisotope & Biotechnology Laboratory
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In this laboratory, radioisotopes are used to facilitate studies of
the transport, accumulation, chemical conversion and toxicity of
environmental pollutants in plants, animals, soil, water and the
atmosphere. The use of 36 b and g emitting isotopes is permitted,
but the use of a emitters is forbidden. |
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Aquatron
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The facilities of this unit facilitate study of groundwater transport
and coastal water quality. A large ocean microcosm is uniquely
equipped to permit culture of marine algae and studies of CO2
dynamics and elemental cycles. |
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Microbical Culture Collection
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This facility collects, characterizes, cultures and distributes strains
of microorganisms. Many of the strains in the collection are
important for the study of red tides and other phytoplankton blooms
(including toxic algae), bioremediation, pollution bioassays and
carbon cycling. |
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Biological Resource Collection
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for environmental studies such as hazardous substance decomposing
microbes, and to preserve experimental materials for conservation
studies, a new building is being constructed as an annex of the Microbial
Culture Collection Building at NIES. The new facilities consist of
rooms for cryopreservation, identification and classification, evaluation
of functions, genetic analysis, and databases of environmental microbes. |
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