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- Title
Development of a groundwater fungal strain as a tool for toxicity assessment.
- Authors
Lategan, Maria Josie; Hose, Grant C.
- Abstract
Despite the significant ecological role played by fungi in groundwater, their value as indicators of groundwater pollution is not known, as fungi are notoriously challenging to assess for toxicity because of their varied morphological components, in particular their filamentous structures. Hence they are rarely used in environmental risk assessments and monitoring programs for aquatic systems. A rapid, low cost, 1-step static toxicity test targeting the hyphal components of fungi was developed that subsequently demonstrated the sensitivity of a ubiquitous and dominant groundwater fungal strain to metal contaminants. The strain demonstrates sensitivity to chromium > copper > zinc and relative resistance to arsenic. The introduction of a novel group of groundwater microorganisms-the fungi-for toxicity evaluation will strengthen current risk assessment programs for these ecosystems. Environ Toxicol Chem 2014;33:2826-2834. © 2014 SETAC
- Subjects
GROUNDWATER pollution risk assessment; INDICATOR organisms in water pollution; HYPHAE of fungi; GROUNDWATER ecology; GROUNDWATER pollution; GROUNDWATER pollution monitoring; GROUNDWATER microbiology; TOXICITY testing
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2014, Vol 33, Issue 12, p2826
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.2748