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Interactions of Fungi with Toxic Metals

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The Genus Aspergillus

Part of the book series: Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series ((FEMS,volume 69))

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Interactions of toxic metals with fungi have long been of importance since metal toxicity still is the basis of many fungicidal preparations while in an environmental context, accelerating pollution of the natural environment has led to increased interest because of the sometimes dominant presence of fungi in metal-polluted habitats, the translocation of toxic metals and radionuclides to fruit bodies of edible higher fungi, and the significance of mycorrhizal fungi in the amelioration of metal phytotoxicity (Colpaert and Van Assche, 1987). Furthermore, the use of fungal (and other microbial) biomass for the detoxification of metal/radionuclide-containing industrial effluents is of biotechnological potential (Gadd, 1990, 1992a).

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