Fungal Mineralization Processes in Rio Tinto

Monike Oggerin; Nuria Rodríguez; Ricardo Amils

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.354

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Mineral Specific Biofilm Formation of “Acidibacillus ferrooxidans” Huett2
p.334

16S rRNA and Multilocus Phylogenetic Analysis of the Iron Oxidizing Acidophiles of the Acidiferrobacteraceae Family
p.339

Proteins Binding to Immobilized Rusticyanin Detected by Affinity Chromatography
p.344

Inhibition Kinetics of Iron Oxidation by Leptospirillum ferriphilum to Residual Thiocyanate Present in Bioremediated Cyanidation Tailings Wastewater
p.350

Fungal Mineralization Processes in Rio Tinto
p.354

Genetic Basis of Metal Resistance in Acidiphilium sp. DSM 27270 (Yenapatur)
p.358

Microorganisms Oxidize Iron (II) Ions in the Presence of High Concentrations of Sodium Chloride - Potentially Useful for Bioleaching
p.364

Expression of Candidate Cold Stress and Metabolic Related Genes in Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans PQ33 Strain Using Ferrous Iron as Electron Donor
p.368

Bioleaching of Pyrite by Iron-Oxidizing Acidophiles under the Influence of Reactive Oxygen Species
p.372

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Fungal Mineralization Processes in Rio Tinto

Abstract:

Eukaryotic diversity in Río Tinto turns out to be unexpectedly high when compared to the prokaryotic one. Unlike the prokaryotic community, little is known about the role of the most abundant eukaryotes, mainly algae and fungi, in this ecosystem. Previous studies using acidophilic fungi isolated from the Tinto basin have shown their ability to specifically sequester toxic metals. We have also been able to demonstrate their direct implication in the geochemical cycles through biomineralization processes. Although the role that fungi may play in the Tinto basin is still poorly understood, is becoming clear that they participate very actively in the geological conformation of the environment, generating minerals of possible economical interest.

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Monike Oggerin, Nuria Rodríguez, Ricardo Amils*

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BCM, BIM, Biominerals, Copiapite, Fungi, Jarosite, Río Tinto

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