Vértices (Apr 2016)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on a sandbank plant formation: ecology and potential for hydrocarbon oil mycorrhizoremediation

  • Ocimar Ferreira de Andrade,
  • Marianne da Silva Nunes,
  • Janaína Silvano Marino Teixeira,
  • Manildo Marcião de Oliveira,
  • Ricardo L.L. Berbara,
  • Victor Barbosa Saraiva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.19180/1809-2667.v17n315-01
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 7 – 33

Abstract

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The sources of contamination related to the exploration, production, storage, transport, distribution and disposal of petroleum, and its products, carry risks that threaten fragile coastal environments, little studied and, thus, in need of attention from the scientific community. On the other hand, symbiont mechanisms essential for the very existence of many plant species, and their relation to contaminated soils, remain unknown. Despite the identification of several species of AMF halophytes soil communities in sandbanks, one can infer their bioremediation potential from studies in other types of soil, which, however, report the same genera of fungi as participants in mycorrhizoremediation processes of polluted soil. This study focuses on the application of biotechnology using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) in soils impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons.

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