Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil by Fungi

Dear Colleagues,

Soil contamination represents a global environmental challenge, posing potential threats to soil ecosystems and sustainable agricultural production. Bioremediation using microorganisms, plants, or soil animals is considered a low-cost and environment-friendly soil remediation technology. Fungi occur widely in various environments, including polluted habitats, playing a critical role in decomposition processes. Due to their diverse metabolic capacities, numerous fungi are able to degrade or transform organic chemicals, toxic metal(loid)s, and radionuclides through various detoxification mechanisms, showing great potential for the bioremediation of contaminated soils. In addition, symbiotic fungi such as mycorrhizal fungi can help host plants to survive in stressful environments through improving their tolerance to contaminants, thus facilitating phytoremediation of contaminated soils. Increasing concerns regarding soil contamination and remediation technologies call for new insights into soil bioremediation using fungi. This Special Issue focuses on the applications of fungi and their enzymes in the remediation of soils contaminated with both traditional and emerging contaminants. It is open to all aspects related to soil bioremediation via fungi, including new fungal species/strains/enzymes, new contaminants, new mechanisms, and new remediation materials and technologies. Studies on phytoremediation assisted by fungi are also welcome. The listed keywords represent a few of the priorities.

Prof. Dr. Fayuan Wang
Prof. Dr. Linchuan Fang
Prof. Dr. Zhaoyong Shi
Guest Editors

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