Weathering of chrysotile asbestos by the serpentine rock-inhabiting fungus Verticillium leptobactrum: Research article

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-141

  Daghino, Stefania ^a   Turci, Francesco ^a   Tomatis, Maura ^a   Girlanda, Mariangela ^a   Fubini, Bice ^a   Perotto, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Magnesium; Serpentine; Silicon; Verticillium

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MAGNESIUM; RIBOSOME RNA; SERPENTINE; SILICON;

ASBESTOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SERPENTINE; SILICON; TAXONOMY; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIES HABITAT; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM LEPTOBACTRUM; WEATHERING;

ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUSARIUM; MAGNESIUM; SILICON; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VERTICILLIUM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; VERTICILLIUM LEPTOBACTRUM;

EID: 66749155878     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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