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Farkas B, Vojtková H, Bujdoš M, Kolenčík M, Šebesta M, Matulová M, Duborská E, Danko M, Kim H, Kučová K, Kisová Z, Matúš P, Urík M. Fungal Mobilization of Selenium in the Presence of Hausmannite and Ferric Oxyhydroxides. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7100810. [PMID: 34682232 PMCID: PMC8539610 DOI: 10.3390/jof7100810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Bioleaching of mineral phases plays a crucial role in the mobility and availability of various elements, including selenium. Therefore, the leachability of selenium associated with the surfaces of ferric and manganese oxides and oxyhydroxides, the prevailing components of natural geochemical barriers, has been studied in the presence of filamentous fungus. Both geoactive phases were exposed to selenate and subsequently to growing fungus Aspergillus niger for three weeks. This common soil fungus has shown exceptional ability to alter the distribution and mobility of selenium in the presence of both solid phases. The fungus initiated the extensive bioextraction of selenium from the surfaces of amorphous ferric oxyhydroxides, while the hausmannite (Mn3O4) was highly susceptible to biodeterioration in the presence of selenium. This resulted in specific outcomes regarding the selenium, iron, and manganese uptake by fungus and residual selenium concentrations in mineral phases as well. The adverse effects of bioleaching on fungal growth are also discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bence Farkas
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Hana Vojtková
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15/2172, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.V.); (K.K.)
| | - Marek Bujdoš
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Marek Kolenčík
- Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia;
| | - Martin Šebesta
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Michaela Matulová
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Eva Duborská
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Martin Danko
- Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 845 41 Bratislava, Slovakia;
| | - Hyunjung Kim
- Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Jeonbuk, Korea;
- Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Jeonbuk, Korea
| | - Kateřina Kučová
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15/2172, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.V.); (K.K.)
| | - Zuzana Kisová
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 21, 845 51 Bratislava, Slovakia;
| | - Peter Matúš
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
| | - Martin Urík
- Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská Dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; (B.F.); (M.B.); (M.Š.); (M.M.); (E.D.); (P.M.)
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