Investigating the mycobiome of the Holcomb Creosote Superfund Site.

ABSTRACT: Even though many fungi are known to degrade a range of organic chemicals and may be advantageous for targeting hydrophobic chemicals with low bioavailability due to their ability to secrete extracellular enzymes, fungi are not commonly leveraged in the context of bioremediation. Here we sought to examine the fungal microbiome (mycobiome) at a model creosote polluted site to determine if fungi were prevalent under high PAH contamination conditions as well as to identify potential mycostimulation targets. Several significant positive associations were detected between OTUs and mid-to high-molecular weight PAHs. Several OTUs were closely related to taxa that have previously been identified in culture-based studies as PAH degraders. In particular, members belonging to the Ascomycota phylum wer

SUBMITTER: Czaplicki LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature