ReviewIMA fungus2022
Fungal and oomycete pathogens and heavy metals: an inglorious couple in the environment.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mapping of plant-fungal interactions on agriculture perception: a bibliometric analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Synergistic Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Mycorrhiza Helper Bacteria Alter Cucumber Rhizosphere Fungal Community and Reduce Soil Cadmium Contamination.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Biochemical responses of soil filamentous fungi to copper: changes in lipid and osmolyte composition.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Eco-friendly fabrication of vanadium nanoparticlesRSC advances · 2026Article
- Zinc-mediated changes to cytosol osmolyte and lipid profiles in soil fungi under growth-stimulating conditions.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Ferrichrysin siderophore from gangetic Aspergillus japonicus: Isolation, Characterization, and role in sustained arsenic tolerance.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Article
- Urban Mangroves Under Threat: Metagenomic Analysis Reveals a Surge in Human and Plant Pathogenic Fungi.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impacts of Metals on Infectious Diseases in Wildlife and Zoonotic Spillover.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Metabolic Response ofMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Fungal frontiers in toxic terrain: Revealing culturable fungal communities in Serpentine paddy fields of Taiwan.IMA fungus · 2025Article
- The Good, the Bad, and the Fungus: Insights into the Relationship Between Plants, Fungi, and Oomycetes in Hydroponics.Biology · 2024Review
- Histone (de)acetylation in epigenetic regulation of Phytophthora pathobiology.Molecular plant pathology · 2024Review
- Microbial Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Environments Using Metal-Resistant Indigenous Strains.Journal of xenobiotics · 2023Article
- A First Report ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- In-depth comparative transcriptome analysis of Purpureocillium sp. CB1 under cadmium stress.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Farmyard manure, a potential organic additive to reclaim copper and Macrophomina phaseolina stress responses in mash bean plants.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Antifungal Activity of Hop Leaf Extracts and Xanthohumol on Two Strains ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Comparison of Atmospheric and Lithospheric Culturable Bacterial Communities from Two Dissimilar Active Volcanic Sites, Surtsey Island and Fimmvörðuháls Mountain in Iceland.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Molecular mechanism of Cu metal and drought stress resistance triggered byFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Heavy metal (HM) contamination of the environment is a major problem worldwide. The rate of global deposition of HMs in soil has dramatically increased over the past two centuries and there of facilitated their rapid accumulation also in living systems. Although the effects of HMs on plants, animals and humans have been extensively studied, yet little is known about their effects on the (patho)biology of the microorganisms belonging to a unique group of filamentous eukaryotic pathogens, i.e., fungi and oomycetes. Much of the literature concerning mainly model species has revealed that HM stress affects their hyphal growth, morphology, and sporulation. Toxicity at cellular level leads to disturbance of redox homeostasis manifested by the formation of nitro-oxidative intermediates and to the induction of antioxidant machinery. Despite such adverse effects, published data is indicative of the fact that fungal and oomycete pathogens have a relatively high tolerance to HMs in comparison to other groups of microbes such as bacteria. Likely, these pathogens may harbor a network of detoxification mechanisms that ensure their survival in a highly HM-polluted (micro)habitat. Such a network may include extracellular HMs immobilization, biosorption to cell wall, and/or their intracellular sequestration to proteins or other ligands. HMs may also induce a hormesis-like phenomenon allowing the pathogens to maintain or even increase fitness against chemical challenges. Different scenarios linking HMs stress and modification of the microorganisms pathogenicity are disscused in this review.
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