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Preservation and Recovery of Metal-Tolerant Fungi from Industrial Soil and Their Application to Improve Germination and Growth of Wheat

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  • Mahnoor Akbar

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Ahmed M. El-Sabrout

    (Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt)

  • Shadi Shokralla

    (Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • Eman A. Mahmoud

    (Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt)

  • Hosam O. Elansary

    (Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

  • Fizza Akbar

    (Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan)

  • Burhan ud Din

    (Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Islamabad 22044, Pakistan)

  • Urooj Haroon

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Musrat Ali

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Hira Saleem

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Maryam Anar

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Asif Kamal

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Kinza Tahir

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Junaid Ahmed

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Mohammad Sameer Zubair

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Hassan Javed Chaudhary

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan)

Abstract

Heavy metals contaminate soil and adversely affect plant growth. These soils contain different fungi and bacteria which exhibit metal tolerance and work as bioremediation agents to detoxify polluted soils. In the present study, polluted soil samples were collected to estimate the contamination of copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd). From this contaminated soil, metal tolerant fungi were isolated and characterized. Copper and cadmium were found in a range of 190.2–300.4 mg/kg and 46.8–56.1 mg/kg, respectively. For the isolation of metal tolerant fungi, soil dilutions were made in water and inoculated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) media. Fungal growth was observed on PDA and successive screening resulted in the isolation of four multi-metal tolerant fungal species, including Penicillim oxalicum , Fusarium solani , Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma harzianum . Sequencing of 18S rRNA genes of isolated fungi also efficiently identified them. To reveal minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC), these fungi were exposed to increasing concentrations of cadmium and copper chlorides (100 to 1000 ppm) and a variable MIC range of 400 ppm to 1000 ppm was estimated. Based on tolerance index analysis, F. solani was found to be resistant at 1 mM copper, while P. oxalicum was the most tolerant species under cadmium stress. F. solani and P. oxalicum demonstrated the highest biosorption capacity of Cu and Cd, respectively. Both metals negatively affected wheat seedlings in a pot experiment, while the treatment of both F. solani and P. oxalicum positively influenced the germination and growth of wheat. Based on these observations, it could be inferred that F. solani and P. oxalicum can be used for the myco-remediation of Cu and Cd, respectively.

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  • Mahnoor Akbar & Ahmed M. El-Sabrout & Shadi Shokralla & Eman A. Mahmoud & Hosam O. Elansary & Fizza Akbar & Burhan ud Din & Urooj Haroon & Musrat Ali & Hira Saleem & Maryam Anar & Asif Kamal & Kinza T, 2022. "Preservation and Recovery of Metal-Tolerant Fungi from Industrial Soil and Their Application to Improve Germination and Growth of Wheat," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-17, May.
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