Geomycology: metals, actinides and biominerals

GM Gadd, YJ Rhee, K Stephenson… - Environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Presence and distribution of heavy metal tolerant fungi in surface soils of a temperate pine forest

TJ Torres-Cruz, C Hesse, CR Kuske, A Porras-Alfaro - Applied Soil Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural soils represent a rich reservoir of novel and diverse microbial communities. Heavy
metal tolerant fungi have been described in contaminated soils and water, but it is unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Biological functioning of PAH-polluted and thermal desorption-treated soils assessed by fauna and microbial bioindicators

A Cébron, J Cortet, S Criquet, A Biaz, V Calvert… - Research in …, 2011 - Elsevier
A large number of soil bioindicators were used to assess biological diversity and activity in
soil polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the same soil after thermal …

Melting glacier impacts community structure of B acteria, A rchaea and F ungi in a C hilean P atagonia fjord

MH Gutiérrez, PE Galand, C Moffat… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
J orge M ontt glacier, located in the P atagonian I ce F ields, has undergone an
unprecedented retreat during the past century. To study the impact of the meltwater …

Effect of depleted uranium on a soil microcosm fungal community and influence of a plant-ectomycorrhizal association

M Fomina, JW Hong, GM Gadd - Fungal biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Fungi are one of the most biogeochemically active components of the soil microbiome,
becoming particularly important in metal polluted terrestrial environments. There is scant …

Molecular tools for monitoring and validating bioremediation

A Das, SK Panda - Advances in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation for …, 2022 - Springer
Bioremediation may be defined as the mechanism by which a biological agent (eg,
microbes, fungi, plants, and enzymes) is used to minimise soil, groundwater, and air …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of the fungi absorbing heavy metals isolated from waste deposits of zinc factories

SJ Khamesy, AH Hamidian, O Atghia - Mycologia Iranica, 2016 - agrijournals.ir
The disposed wastes of zinc industries contain large amounts of heavy metals such as Pb2+
and Cd2+. These elements are considered as hazardous elements to human beings and …

Molecular biological methods in environmental engineering

R Goel, SM Kotay, CS Butler, CI Torres… - Water Environment …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The “omics” revolution has enabled the development of tools for studying structural,
functional, and informational macromolecules, as well as metabolites produced by cells …

Advances in molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Phylum Glomeromycota) in forest ecosystems

CM Patreze, M Moreira, SM Tsai - … -More than Just Trees. In Tech …, 2012 - books.google.com
Glomeromycota is a fungal phylum scientifically recognized in 2001 as monophyletic group
which probably diverged from the same common ancestor as the Ascomycota and …

Complex identification of red yeast isolate from gastrointestinal tract of Hucul long-liver (Carpathians, Ukraine)

MA Fomina, LV Polishchuk, KS Tkachenko… - Мікробіологічний …, 2016 - irbis-nbuv.gov.ua
The red yeasts are currently widely discussed and controversial group of yeasts because of
the growing number of reports of their ability to become opportunistic pathogens of plants …