Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park
Heavy metal pollution is an environmental issue globally and the aim of this study was to isolate endophytic fungi from mangrove wetlands of Sarawak to assess and test their ability to grow in the presence of various heavy metals (copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and chromium (Cr)). Samples of Ny...
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| author | Choo, Jenny Nuraini, Binti Mohd Sabri Tan, Daniel Aazani, Mujahid Müller, Moritz |
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globally and the aim of this study was to isolate endophytic fungi from mangrove wetlands of Sarawak to assess and test their ability to grow in the presence of various heavy metals (copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and chromium (Cr)). Samples of Nypa fruticans were collected from Kuching Wetland National Park (KWNP)
for subsequent endophyte isolation. Ninety-three (93) isolates were obtained and assessed and the most resistant isolates (growing at concentrations up to 1000 ppm) were identified using fungal primers ITS 1 and ITS 4. All of the endophytic fungi were identified
to be closely related to Pestalotiopsis sp. and this is to our knowledge the first study reporting the ability of Pestalotiopsis sp. to grow at high concentrations of copper, lead, zinc and chromium. Our results highlight the potential of using endophytic fungi for the treatment of heavy metal pollution, for example as biosorbents. |
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| spelling | unimas-97552022-01-26T07:32:32Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9755/ Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park Choo, Jenny Nuraini, Binti Mohd Sabri Tan, Daniel Aazani, Mujahid Müller, Moritz TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering Heavy metal pollution is an environmental issue globally and the aim of this study was to isolate endophytic fungi from mangrove wetlands of Sarawak to assess and test their ability to grow in the presence of various heavy metals (copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and chromium (Cr)). Samples of Nypa fruticans were collected from Kuching Wetland National Park (KWNP) for subsequent endophyte isolation. Ninety-three (93) isolates were obtained and assessed and the most resistant isolates (growing at concentrations up to 1000 ppm) were identified using fungal primers ITS 1 and ITS 4. All of the endophytic fungi were identified to be closely related to Pestalotiopsis sp. and this is to our knowledge the first study reporting the ability of Pestalotiopsis sp. to grow at high concentrations of copper, lead, zinc and chromium. Our results highlight the potential of using endophytic fungi for the treatment of heavy metal pollution, for example as biosorbents. Springer 2015 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9755/1/Jenny%20Choo.pdf Choo, Jenny and Nuraini, Binti Mohd Sabri and Tan, Daniel and Aazani, Mujahid and Müller, Moritz (2015) Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park. Ocean Science Journal, 50 (2). pp. 445-453. ISSN 2005-7172 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12601-015-0040-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12601-015-0040-2 |
| spellingShingle | TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering Choo, Jenny Nuraini, Binti Mohd Sabri Tan, Daniel Aazani, Mujahid Müller, Moritz Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title | Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title_full | Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title_fullStr | Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title_short | Heavy Metal Resistant Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nypa fruticans in Kuching Wetland National Park |
| title_sort | heavy metal resistant endophytic fungi isolated from nypa fruticans in kuching wetland national park |
| topic | TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering |
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