Title (en)
Biological and physico-chemical properties of the soil in an acidified environment influenced by previous mining activities at the Šobov locality (SLOVAKIA)
Language
English
Description (en)
More than 20 years after remedial measures were carried out, six plots (S1 - S6) at the Sobov locality were examined in more detail. From a pedological viewpoint, the physico-chemical differences of the soils in these areas are not the result of pedogenesis. This is the effect of extremely acidic mineralised solutions that have leaked from or are still leaking from the heap at the site. The plant community here is most often poor to weakly developed with acidophilic vegetation (S1, S2, S5), without vegetation (S4) or with dense species-rich vegetation (S3, S6). Saprotrophic microscopic fungi of the phylum Zygomycota are notably suppressed and their diversity is low. Species of the genera Absidia and Zygorhynchus were found most often. In contrast, the diversity of the phylum Ascomycota is notably high. The genera Penicillium (35 species), Aspergillus (7 species) and Trichoderma (5 species) are dominantly represented. Species of microscopic filamentous fungi in every soil sample that did not occur in the other samples were also recorded; i.e. they form the specific soil mycobiome of the given location. From the 15 types of keratinophilic fungi, the most commonly occurring were Purpureocillium lilacinum and Keithomyces carneus. Keratinolytic properties were recorded only in the species Trichophyton ajelloi. Soil reaction is the most important ecological factor that influences the biological properties of soils.
Keywords (en)
Keratinophilic Fungi
DOI
10.1007/s11756-024-01638-0
Author of the digital object
Sanja Nosalj  (Comenius University)
Alexandra Šimonovičová  (Comenius University)
Jozef Kollár  (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Andrej Hrabovský  (Comenius University)
Roman Labuda  (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna / Research Platform Bioactive Microbial Metabolites)
Format
application/pdf
Size
2.0 MB
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Type of publication
Article
Name of Publication (en)
Biologia
Pages or Volume
14
Volume
79
Number
6
From Page
1639
To Page
1652
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2024