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ArticleMicrobial ecology2020

Metal-Tolerant Fungal Communities Are Delineated by High Zinc, Lead, and Copper Concentrations in Metalliferous Gobi Desert Soils.

Dorsaf Kerfahi, Matthew Chidozie Ogwu, Dagvatseren Ariunzaya, Altantsetseg Balt, Dulamsuren Davaasuren, Orsoo Enkhmandal, Tsolmonjav Purevsuren, Amgaa Batbaatar, Mark Tibbett, Sainbileg Undrakhbold and 2 more

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Dorsaf KerfahiSchool of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Matthew Chidozie OgwuSchool of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Marche - Floristic Research Center of the Apennines, Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, San Colombo, Barisciano, 67021, L'Aquila, Italy.
Dagvatseren AriunzayaEcology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia.
Altantsetseg BaltEnvironmental Department, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Oyu Tolgoi Site, Khanbogd, South Gobi Province, Mongolia.
Dulamsuren DavaasurenEnvironmental Department, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Oyu Tolgoi Site, Khanbogd, South Gobi Province, Mongolia.
Orsoo EnkhmandalEcology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia.
Tsolmonjav PurevsurenEnvironmental Department, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Oyu Tolgoi Site, Khanbogd, South Gobi Province, Mongolia.
Amgaa BatbaatarEcology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia.
Mark TibbettCentre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, UK.
Sainbileg UndrakhboldEcology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia.
Bazartseren BoldgivEcology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia. boldgiv@num.edu.mn.
Jonathan M AdamsSchool of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China. foundinkualalumpur@yahoo.com.
National University of Mongolia · MNKyungpook National University · KRUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

National Research Foundation NRF 2013-031400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The soil fungal ecology of the southern Gobi region of Mongolia has been little studied. We utilized the ITS1 region from soil DNA to study possible influences soil metal concentrations on soil fungal community variation. In the sample network, a distinctive fungal community was closely associated with high zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and copper (Cu) concentrations. The pattern of occurrence suggests that high metal concentrations are natural and not a product of mining activities. The metal-associated fungal community differs little from the "normal" community in its major OTUs, and in terms of major fungal guilds and taxa, and its distinctiveness depends on a combination of many less common OTUs. The fungal community in the sites with high metal concentrations is no less diverse than that in areas with normal background levels. Overall, these findings raise interesting questions of the evolutionary origin and functional characteristics of this apparently "metal-tolerant" community, and of the associated soil biota in general. It is possible that rehabilitation of metal-contaminated mined soils from spoil heaps could benefit from the incorporation of fungi derived from these areas.

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Soil MicrobiologyCopperDesert ClimateFungiLeadMongoliaMycobiomeSoilSoil PollutantsZincCopperLeadSoilSoil PollutantsZincFungiGobi desertHeavy metalsITS1 regionMetagenomicsSoil metal

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