Bioaccumulation of gadolinium in Tetrahymena: Phagocytotic uptake leads to the formation of gadolinium phosphate-organic composite particles.

The mechanisms of bioaccumulation in eukaryotic cells, along with the understanding of pathways and metal binding, are fundamental to advances in both basic and applied research. The ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis bioaccumulates the rare earth elemen…

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