Abstract
This chapter reports and discusses the fundamental information on the transport of uranium by mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The monoxenic cultivation system is shown to be convenient to investigate the processes of uptake and translocation of U by AM fungi, as it was already reported for some other elements. The evidence that extraradical AM hyphae can take up U and translocate it toward the host roots is clearly shown. Further research to understand the mechanisms involved and future prospects are also suggested.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in the Rhizosphere |
| Place of Publication | xxx |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Chapter | 15 |
| Pages | 431-455 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780444519979 |
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| State | Published - 2005 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCKoCEN) and the EU-MYRRH project contract FIGE-CT-2000-00014 “Use of mycorrhizal fungi for the phytostabilization of radio-contaminated environments”. S. Declerck gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural affairs (OSTC, contract BCCM C2/10/007) and thanks the director of MUCL for the facilities provided and for continual encouragement.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Not added | FIGE-CT-2000-00014 |
| Not added | BCCM C2/10/007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences