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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Potential of bioaugmentation of heavy metal contaminated soils in the Zambian Copperbelt using autochthonous filamentous fungi.

Leonce Dusengemungu, Cousins Gwanama, Grant Simuchimba, Benjamin Mubemba

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonce DusengemunguSchool of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, The Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.
Cousins GwanamaSchool of Natural Resources, The Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.
Grant SimuchimbaSchool of Natural Resources, The Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.
Benjamin MubembaSchool of Natural Resources, The Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.
Copperbelt University · ZM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is great potential to remediate heavy metal contaminated environments through bioaugmentation with filamentous fungi. However, these fungi have been poorly investigated in most developing countries, such as Zambia. Therefore, the present study aimed at isolating indigenous filamentous fungi from heavy metal contaminated soil and to explore their potential for use in bioaugmentation. The conventional streak plate method was used to isolate fungi from heavy metal-contaminated soil. Filamentous fungal isolates were identified using morphological and molecular techniques. The radial growth diameter technique was used to evaluate heavy metal tolerance of the fungi. The most abundant and highly tolerant fungi, identified as

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Aspergillus transmontanensisbioaugmentationCladosporiumcontaminated soilGeotrichum candidumheavy metal

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PMID36532421
PMCPMC9752026
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