Firing range soils yield a diverse array of fungal isolates capable of organic acid production and Pb mineral solubilization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6078-6086

  Sullivan, Tarah S ^a   Gottel, Neil R ^a   Basta, Nicholas ^b   Jardine, Philip M ^c   Schadta, Christopher W ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DOMESTIC GARBAGE; DRY SOIL; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FIRING RANGE SOILS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL ISOLATES; HEAVY METAL CATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; LEAD CONTAMINATION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; METAL MOBILIZATIONS; MODEL ORGANISMS; PB CONTAMINATION; PB-CONTAMINATED SOIL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RRNA GENES; SHOOTING RANGES; SOIL ENVIRONMENT;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CITRIC ACID; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; GENES; LEAD SMELTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLUBILITY;

LEAD;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; LEAD; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FUNGUS; LEAD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERAL; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC ACID; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; LEAD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TENNESSEE;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84866334559     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01091-12     Document Type: Article

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