Fungi as Geologic Agents

By K. Sterflinger. 2000

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Subfields: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Geomycology: fungi in mineral substrata (2003, neutral): “103 known to be common inhabitants of mineral substrates and building stone including sandstone, marble and granite, particularly in humid climates (Sterflinger, 2000).”
Microbially induced deterioration of architectural heritages: routes and mechanisms involved (2012, background): “It is a complex process of biochemical [46] and biomechanical alterations [47,51] of carbonate substrates induced by fungus resulting in the formation of different secondary minerals.”
Biotite weathering and nutrient uptake by ectomycorrhizal fungus, Suillus tomentosus, in liquid-culture experiments (2008, background): “However, carbonic acid produced acidity may also contribute to the lowered pH values of fungal treatments, because CO2 is released during the respiration of fungi (Sterflinger, 2000).”
Geomycology: biogeochemical transformations of rocks, minerals, metals and radionuclides by fungi, bioweathering and bioremediation. (2007, neutral): “Some extremophilic fungi are especially adapted to exploit microhabitats on and within mineral substrata, occurring within the lichen symbiosis or as free-living microcolonial fungi (Gorbushina et al. 1993; Bogomolova et al. 1998; Sterflinger 2000).”
Fungal involvement in bioweathering and biotransformation of rocks and minerals (2003, background): “Hyphal penetration for example, can occur along crystal planes in calcitic and dolomitic rocks (Kumar and Kumar, 1999; Ster inger, 2000).”
The role of fungi in weathering (2004, background): “ubiquitous presence and their ability to bridge distances by means of mycelial growth, fungi do have opportunities for weathering as well (Banfield et al. 1999; Sterflinger 2000).”
Weathering and Deterioration (2011, background): “Fungi may be the most important endoliths on building stone because their activity is high and they are extremely erosive (Sterflinger 2000, Scheerer et al. 2009).”
Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation. (2010, neutral): “All microbial materials can be effective biosorbents for metals except for mobile alkali metal cations like Na+ and K+, and this can be an important passive process in living and dead organisms (Gadd, 1993a, 2009b; Sterflinger, 2000; Wang & Chen, 2009).”
Geomicrobiology of Eukaryotic Microorganisms (2010, background): “2005; Gadd 2008a), especially in relation to the sub-surface environment, fungi are of great importance in aerobic environments (Sterflinger 2000; Gadd 2006, 2007, 2008a, 2010).”
Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: A review of foundation concepts and current understandings (2011, background): “The main hypothesis is that early land biota (microorganisms and plants) enhanced the production of pedogenic clay minerals on land (Boyle and Voigt, 1973; Drever, 1994; Schwartzman and Volk, 1991; Sterflinger, 2000; Barre et al., 2007; Egli et al., 2008).”
Survival strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Cu-polluted environments (2009, neutral): “Binding of metal ions onto cell walls has been regarded as an important passive process in both living and dead fungal biomass leading to metal immobilization (Gadd 1990; Sterflinger 2000 ).”
Fungi at the edge of life: cryptendolithic black fungi from Antarctic desert (2005, background): “Alternatively we may suppose that Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungi may enter pre-existing airspaces inside the rocks, and subsequently are able to create spaces mechanically, as has been suggested for Mediterranean rock fungi (Sterflinger 2000).”