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ArticleInternational biodeterioration & biodegradation2020

Niche partitioning of microbial communities at an ancient vitrified hillfort: implications for vitrified radioactive waste disposal.

Andrew E Plymale, Jacqueline R Wells, Carolyn I Pearce, Colin J Brislawn, Emily B Graham, Tanya E Cheeke, Jessica L Allen, Sarah J Fansler, Bruce W Arey, Mark E Bowden and 12 more

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22 authors.

Andrew E PlymalePacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Jacqueline R WellsPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Carolyn I PearcePacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Colin J BrislawnPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Emily B GrahamPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Tanya E CheekeSchool of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
Jessica L AllenDepartment of Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA.
Sarah J FanslerPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Bruce W AreyPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Mark E BowdenPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Danielle L SaundersPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Vincent G DannaPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Kimberly J TyrrellPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Jamie L WeaverNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA.
Rolf SjöblomLuleå University of Technology, SE-971 87, Luleå, Sweden.
Edward P VicenziNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA.
John S McCloyPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Eva Hjärthner-HoldarArkeologerna, Geoarchaeological Laboratory, National Historical Museums (SHMM), Uppsala, Sweden.
Mia EnglundArkeologerna, Geoarchaeological Laboratory, National Historical Museums (SHMM), Uppsala, Sweden.
Erik OgenhallArkeologerna, Geoarchaeological Laboratory, National Historical Museums (SHMM), Uppsala, Sweden.
David K PeelerPacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Albert A KrugerUS Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, Richland, WA 99354, USA.

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Intramural NIST DOC 9999-NIST
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because microbes cannot be eliminated from radioactive waste disposal facilities, the consequences of bio-colonization must be understood. At a pre-Viking era vitrified hillfort, Broborg, Sweden, anthropogenic glass has been subjected to bio-colonization for over 1,500 years. Broborg is used as a habitat analogue for disposed radioactive waste glass to inform how microbial processes might influence long-term glass durability. Electron microscopy and DNA sequencing of surficial material from the Broborg vitrified wall, adjacent soil, and general topsoil show that the ancient glass supports a niche microbial community of bacteria, fungi, and protists potentially involved in glass alteration. Communities associated with the vitrified wall are distinct and less diverse than soil communities. The vitrified niche of the wall and adjacent soil are dominated by lichens, lichen-associated microbes, and other epilithic, endolithic, and epigeic organisms. These organisms exhibit potential bio-corrosive properties, including silicate dissolution, extraction of essential elements, and secretion of geochemically reactive organic acids, that could be detrimental to glass durability. However, long-term biofilms can also possess a homeostatic function that could limit glass alteration. This study demonstrates potential impacts that microbial colonization and niche partitioning can have on glass alteration, and subsequent release of radionuclides from a disposal facility for vitrified radioactive waste.

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community structureHabitat analoguemicrobes and surfacesmolecular ecologynear surface radioactive waste disposal

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PMID40070387
PMCPMC11894924

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