Isolation of highly copper-tolerant fungi from the smelter of the Naganobori copper mine, an historic mine in Japan

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1851-1857

  Fujii, K ^a   Fukunaga, S ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Copper mine; Copper tolerant microbe; Metal recovery; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER MINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

BINDING CAPACITIES; BIOSORBENTS; COPPER-TOLERANT FUNGI; COPPER-TOLERANT MICROBE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FUNGAL STRAINS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METALS RECOVERIES; SOIL FUNGI; SOIL SAMPLE;

METAL RECOVERY;

COPPER; DNA 18S; SORBENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLADISTICS; COPPER; DNA; FUNGUS; MINE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SMELTING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SORPTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; JAPAN; METAL BINDING; METAL RECOVERY; METAL TOLERANCE; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PH; PHYLOGENY; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 56649088248     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03950.x     Document Type: Article

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