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Fungal Soil Bioremediation: Developments Towards Large-Scale Applications

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Fungal soil bioremediation is a promising technique to clean up soil contaminated with organic compounds. The development towards large-scale applications has been slow and expensive, ongoing for almost three decades. Today feasible applications have been tested but they are still not largely in use. Fungal remediation techniques rely not only on suitable organisms obtained through screening but also on their inoculation and their interaction with natural soil microflora. Modern techniques utilize the strong abilities of fungi, e.g. to degrade larger and more recalcitrant molecules, and combine them with the natural ability of the soil microflora to handle part of the cleaning process. In an example perforated tubes are filled with fungal bark inoculum, added to piles with contaminated soil to initiate and support degradation.

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We thank the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES) for providing the financial support (SYMBIO program) to develop the fungal tube technique. The Graduate School of Environmental Science and Technology (EnSTe) and the companies Niska & Nyssönen Oy and Mzymes Oy are acknowledged for their support. We thank both Erika Winquist and Lara Valentin for their substantial effort in the development and realization of the fungal tube concept.

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Steffen, K., Tuomela, M. (2011). Fungal Soil Bioremediation: Developments Towards Large-Scale Applications. In: Hofrichter, M. (eds) Industrial Applications. The Mycota, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11458-8_22

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