Microbes play key geoactive roles in the biosphere, particularly in the areas of element
biotransformations and biogeochemical cycling, metal and mineral transformations …

The study of the role that fungi have played and are playing in fundamental geological
processes can be termed 'geomycology'and this article seeks to emphasize the fundamental …

Plant-assisted bioremediation or phytoremediation holds promise for in situ treatment of
polluted soils. Enhancement of phytoremediation processes requires a sound …

This paper reviews the recent advances in understanding of metal removal from
contaminated soils, using either hyperaccumulator plants, or high biomass crop species …

Phytoremediation is a developing technology that can potentially address the problems of
contaminated agricultural land or more intensely polluted areas affected by urban or …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

An unprecedented, rapid change in environmental conditions is being observed, which
invariably overrules the adaptive capacity of land plants. These environmental changes …

The fungus Beauveria caledonica was highly tolerant to toxic metals and solubilized
cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc minerals, converting them into oxalates. This fungus was …

Significant hyperaccumulation of Zn, Cd and Pb in field samples of Thlaspi praecox Wulf.
collected from a heavy metal polluted area in Slovenia was found, with maximal shoot …

Plants of the Zn, Cd and Pb hyperaccumulator Thlaspi praecox Wulfen (Brassicaceae)
inoculated or not with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal mixture were grown in …