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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Heavy Metal-Resistant Filamentous Fungi as Potential Mercury Bioremediators.

Cristina L Văcar, Enikö Covaci, Somsubhra Chakraborty, Bin Li, David C Weindorf, Tiberiu Frențiu, Marcel Pârvu, Dorina Podar

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cristina L VăcarDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeș-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu St., 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Enikö CovaciDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos St., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8453-9155
Somsubhra ChakrabortyAgricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India.
Bin LiDepartment of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0831-092X
David C WeindorfDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, 1200 S. Franklin St., Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3814-825X
Tiberiu FrențiuDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos St., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6670-3380
Marcel PârvuCentre for Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources (3B), Babeș-Bolyai University, 3-5 Clinicilor St., 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5892-9280
Dorina PodarDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeș-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu St., 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0955-7425
Babeș-Bolyai University · ROCentral Michigan University · USIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · INLouisiana State University · US

Funding

European Social Fund-Operational Program for Human Capital 2014-2020 POCU/380/6/13/123886Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-5254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Filamentous fungi native to heavy metals (HMs) contaminated sites have great potential for bioremediation, yet are still often underexploited. This research aimed to assess the HMs resistance and Hg remediation capacity of fungi isolated from the rhizosphere of plants resident on highly Hg-contaminated substrate. Analysis of Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cd concentrations by X-ray spectrometry generated the ecological risk of the rhizosphere soil. A total of 32 HM-resistant fungal isolates were molecularly identified. Their resistance spectrum for the investigated elements was characterized by tolerance indices (TIs) and minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs). Clustering analysis of TIs was coupled with isolates' phylogeny to evaluate HMs resistance patterns. The bioremediation potential of five isolates' live biomasses, in 100 mg/L Hg

Indexed as

bioremediationbiosorptionbiotechnologycontaminated soilFusarium sp.heavy metal resistancemercurymycoremediationSarocladium sp.

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PMID34069296
PMCPMC8156478
OpenAlexW3159994748

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