A5042404165- Building materials and conservation
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Heavy metals in environment
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
- Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
University of Genoa
2016-2024
Pesticides can help reduce yield losses caused by pests, pathogens, and weeds, but their overuse causes serious environmental pollution. They are persistent in the environment biomagnified through food chain, becoming a health hazard for humankind. Bioremediation, where microbes used to degrade pesticides situ, is useful technology. This review summarizes data on fungi involved biodegradation of chemical application soil water bioremediation. Indications future studies this field given.
Metal contamination constitutes a major source of pollution globally. Many recent studies emphasized the need to develop cheap and green technologies for remediation or reclamation environmental matrices contaminated by heavy metals. In this context, fungi are versatile organisms that can be exploited bioremediation activities. our work, we tested silver (Ag) bioaccumulation capabilities three microfungal strains (Aspergillus alliaceus Thom & Church, Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, Clonostachys...
Abandoned industrial sites and mines may constitute possible hazards for surrounding environment due to the presence of toxic compounds that contaminate soils waters. The possibility remove metal contaminants, specifically nickel (Ni), by means fungi was presented exploiting a set fungal strains isolated from Ligurian dismissed mine. achieved results demonstrate high Ni(II) tolerance, up 500 mg Ni l-1, removal capability Trichoderma harzianum strain. This latter hyperaccumulates 11,000 kg-1,...
Composting is a complex process in which various micro-organisms, mainly fungi and bacteria, are involved. The depends on large number of factors (biological, chemical, physical) among microbial populations play fundamental role. high temperatures that occur during the composting indicate presence thermotolerant thermophilic micro-organisms key for optimization process. However, same can be harmful (allergenic, pathogenic) workers handle quantities material plant, end users, example, indoor...
The increasing production of essential oils has generated a significant amount vegetal waste that must be discarded, costs for farmers. In this context, fungi, due to their ability recycle lignocellulosic matter, may used turn into new products, thus generating additional income oil producers. objectives our work, within the framework European ALCOTRA project FINNOVER, were two-fold. first was cultivate Pleurotus ostreatus on solid lavender production. second provide, at same time, products...
Nowadays, little information is available about how and if the contaminants may impact on presence of marine fungi. Indeed, many environmental factors facilitate specific fungal taxa. This paper deals with mycodiversity 22 stations characterised by contaminated seawaters Port Genoa (North-Western Italy). Several substrates were taken into account 319 vital strains isolated belonging to 20 genera 47 species. The most common Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium Trichoderma. richness also...
The paper deals with the possible use of fungi to decontaminate polluted waters. Specifically, focus is selection most promising fungal strain capable bioaccumulating arsenic, which a globally widespread environmental contaminant. To this aim, allochthonous strains from ColD UNIGE JRU MIRRI collection were selected. Their capability survive and accumulate kind pollutant was evaluated compared that an autochthonous set directly isolated arsenic water. A preliminary screening at various...
Natural acid mine drainage affects abandoned sulfide mines worldwide, causing hardpan formation and heavy metal leaching. Hardpans are characterized by very low permeability, thus representing a significant limiting factor for oxygen water circulation in the rhizosphere. Our work shows results concerning gypsum biomineralization capability of native Trichoderma harzianum Rifai strain -rich hardpans. Two months after fungal inoculum, clasts resulted, completely covered T. mycelium, where...
Microfungal species abundance and specific composition of three urban beaches near Genoa (Liguria, NW Italy) in the swash zone interstitial water (SZIW) were evaluated. These are characterized by a high presence tourists. The investigation was carried out order to: i) characterize beach SZIWs microfungal diversity; ii) evaluate potential pathogenic and/or allergenic fungi for human; iii) investigate influence biotic abiotic parameters on fungal distribution. Qualitative quantitative data...
The potential role played by fungi in the weathering of sulfide abandoned mines and waste rock dumps is scarcely investigated, yet. In particular microfungi may produce biofilms that work as sites metals minerals precipitation. This study aimed to investigate interactions, bioalteration, biocorrosion between three (Trichoderma harzianum group, Penicillium glandicola, P. brevicompactum) isolated from Libiola mine (Liguria, Italy) pyrite-rich mineralizations occurring within dumps. After six...
Evidence of pyrite dissolution by Telephora terrestris Ehrh were observed for the first time in abandoned sulphide Libiola mine May 2017 (Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy). This fungus is an ectomycorrhizal species able to colonize this extreme environment and bioaccumulate metals such as copper silver its fruiting bodies, it known establish symbiosis with maritime pines present area, thus favouring their recolonization site. paper presents evidence T. promoted minerals. can remove from soil...
Abstract In recent years, the interest in exploitation of fungal metabolites has grown considerably, given their application numerous sectors involving human health. However, identification and characterization by conventional analytical approaches is generally limited to single families molecules per method analysis. This constitutes a limiting factor primary importance study both metabolic pattern sample discovery its possible applications. this work, reverse‐phase high‐performance liquid...