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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Transfer factors from various media into fruiting bodies

From: Reducing radioactive cesium transfer from sawdust media to Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting bodies

Sawdust

MJ

TS

FH

FS

Medium radioactivity (Bq/kg)

 134Cs

4.6

61

276

254

 137Cs

8.7

144

331

302

Fruiting body developing time (day)

 FMC 239

12.5 (0.5)

21.7 (1.2)

12.8 (0.8)

14 (0)

 FMC 245

12.1 (0.8)

21.2 (0.5)

12.4 (0.7)

14 (0)

Fruiting body wet weight (g)

 FMC 239

78.0 (6.5)

81.4 (4.4)

74.3 (10.2)

53.6 (9.2)

 FMC 245

84.5 (6.4)

91.9 (4.1)

76.5 (7.6)

67.9 (4.0)

Fruiting body dry weight (g)

 FMC 239

7.2 (0.6)

8.2 (0.3)

6.5 (0.8)

4.0 (0.6)

 FMC 245

7.7 (0.8)

9.4 (0.3)

6.4 (0.4)

4.3 (0.3)

Transfer factor (wet-weight basis)

 FMC 239

  134Cs

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.2

  137Cs

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.3

 FMC 245

  134Cs

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.2

  137Cs

0.7

0.6

0.8

0.3

Transfer factor (dry-weight basis)

 FMC 239

  134Cs

3.1

3.6

2.8

1.3

  137Cs

3.7

3.2

2.8

1.3

 FMC 245

  134Cs

2.9

2.9

2.7

1.4

  137Cs

3.7

3.1

2.8

1.4

  1. MJ, TS, FH, and FS are as in Table 1
  2. The values in parenthesis are standard deviations