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 …

Soil microbes play an essential role in the environment by contributing to the release of key
nutrients from primary minerals that are required not only for their own nutrition but also for …

Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Exposure to a variety of toxins and/or infectious agents leads to disease, degeneration and
death, often characterised by circumstances in which cells or tissues do not merely die and …

"… 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 …

Since the second half of the twentieth century, many studies have indicated inhalation of
asbestos fibers as the main cause of deadly diseases including fibrosis and cancer …

Geomycology can be simply defined as 'the scientific study of the roles of fungi in processes
of fundamental importance to geology'and the biogeochemical importance of fungi is …

For over three centuries, soil scientists and microbiologists have been studying the most
diverse habitat on the planet, characterizing the structure, function, and composition of the …

The chemical properties of bedrock play a crucial role in shaping the communities of soil
and root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We investigate AMF community …