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| Title |
Untapped potential: exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Reviews Microbiology, February 2011
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrmicro2519 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hauke Harms, Dietmar Schlosser, Lukas Y. Wick |
| Abstract |
Fungi possess the biochemical and ecological capacity to degrade environmental organic chemicals and to decrease the risk associated with metals, metalloids and radionuclides, either by chemical modification or by influencing chemical bioavailability. Furthermore, the ability of these fungi to form extended mycelial networks, the low specificity of their catabolic enzymes and their independence from using pollutants as a growth substrate make these fungi well suited for bioremediation processes. However, despite dominating the living biomass in soil and being abundant in aqueous systems, fungi have not been exploited for the bioremediation of such environments. In this Review, we describe the metabolic and ecological features that make fungi suited for use in bioremediation and waste treatment processes, and discuss their potential for applications on the basis of these strengths. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,070 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | <1% |
| Colombia | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Mexico | 3 | <1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Poland | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1028 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 206 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 157 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 132 | 12% |
| Researcher | 131 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 71 | 7% |
| Other | 147 | 14% |
| Unknown | 226 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 273 | 26% |
| Environmental Science | 166 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 123 | 11% |
| Engineering | 58 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 45 | 4% |
| Other | 135 | 13% |
| Unknown | 270 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 80. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2023.
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