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| Geoffrey Michael GaddSummaryAffiliation: University of Dundee Country: UK Publications
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Functional consequences of nutrient translocation in mycelial fungiGraeme P Boswell
Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
J Theor Biol 217:459-77. 2002..However, we also conclude that localized resources may be utilized faster if energy is invested, i.e. when exploitation of the fungal microenvironment is enhanced by metabolically driven translocation...
The development of fungal networks in complex environmentsGraeme P Boswell
Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
Bull Math Biol 69:605-34. 2007..g. acidification, and have implications for the biotechnological application of fungi...
Geomycology: biogeochemical transformations of rocks, minerals, metals and radionuclides by fungi, bioweathering and bioremediationGeoffrey M Gadd
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Mycol Res 111:3-49. 2007....
Metabolism of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in Candida albicans: significance as a precursor of inositol polyphosphates and in signal transduction during the dimorphic transition from yeast cells to germ tubesG M Gadd
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, UK
Microbiology 143:437-48. 1997..albicans. The possible role and relative importance of Ins(1,4,5)P3 as a precursor for inositol polyphosphates and in signal transduction involving Ca2+ release from internal stores is discussed...
Bioremedial potential of microbial mechanisms of metal mobilization and immobilizationG M Gadd
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
Curr Opin Biotechnol 11:271-9. 2000..These mechanisms are integral components of natural biogeochemical cycles and are of potential for both in situ and ex situ bioremedial treatment processes for solid and liquid wastes...
Microbial interactions with tributyltin compounds: detoxification, accumulation, and environmental fateG M Gadd
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Sci Total Environ 258:119-27. 2000..Such processes should receive due consideration in any environmental management programme...
Nutritional influence on fungal colony growth and biomass distribution in response to toxic metalsG M Gadd
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
FEMS Microbiol Lett 204:311-6. 2001..These results imply that such alterations of growth and resource allocation by Cu and Cd may influence success in locating nutrients as well as survival, and that these metals have individual and specific effects on the growing fungus...
Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediationGeoffrey Michael Gadd
Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
Microbiology 156:609-43. 2010....
Bacterial and fungal geomicrobiology: a problem with communities?G M Gadd
Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
Geobiology 6:278-84. 2008
Lead transformation to pyromorphite by fungiYoung Joon Rhee
Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
Curr Biol 22:237-41. 2012....
Induction of contour sensing in Aspergillus niger by stress and its relevance to fungal growth mechanics and hyphal tip structureAndrew D Bowen
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK
Fungal Genet Biol 44:484-91. 2007..This has important consequences for our general understanding of the hyphal mode of growth in fungi as well as more specific aspects of hyphal tip development under stress...
Fungal degradation of calcium-, lead- and silicon-bearing mineralsAdemola O Adeyemi
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK
Biometals 18:269-81. 2005..It was, however, unclear whether the hyphae actively penetrated the minerals or were growing into pre-existing pores or cracks...
Nutritional influence on the ability of fungal mycelia to penetrate toxic metal-containing domainsMarina Fomina
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Mycol Res 107:861-71. 2003....
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of toxic metal mineral transformations by fungiMarina Fomina
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
Environ Microbiol 9:308-21. 2007..Coordination of toxic metals within biomass depended on the fungal species, initial mineral composition, the nitrogen source, and the physiological state/age of the fungal mycelium...
Growth and function of fungal mycelia in heterogeneous environmentsGraeme P Boswell
Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Bull Math Biol 65:447-77. 2003..Finally, the acidification of the growth habitat is considered and the model thus provides important predictions on the functional consequences of the redistribution of internally-located material...
Translocation of carbon by Rhizoctonia solani in nutritionally-heterogeneous microcosmsHelen Jacobs
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Mycol Res 108:453-62. 2004..The possible implications for these results in soil systems are discussed...
Role of fungi in the biogeochemical fate of depleted uraniumMarina Fomina
Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Curr Biol 18:R375-7. 2008
Solubilization of zinc salts by a bacterium isolated from the air environment of a tanneryFehmida Fasim
Centre for Molecular Genetics, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
FEMS Microbiol Lett 213:1-6. 2002..Solubilization of zinc oxide and phosphate was accompanied by an increase in the H+ concentration of the medium, probably a consequence of the production of 2-ketogluconic acid...
Challenges in microbial fuel cell development and operationByung Hong Kim
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39 1 Hawolgok Dong, Sungbuk Gu, Seoul, 136 791, South Korea
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 76:485-94. 2007..In this article, the main limiting factors of MFC operation are identified and suggestions are made to improve performance...
Oxalate production by wood-rotting fungi growing in toxic metal-amended mediumAnna Jarosz-Wilkolazka
Department of Biochemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Sklodowska Square 3, Lublin 20 031, Poland
Chemosphere 52:541-7. 2003..ZnO inhibited the growth of all strains. Crystals were not detected in Zn(3)(PO(4))(2)-amended plates. The four examined strains displayed the formation of crystals on ZnO, Co(3)(PO(4))(2) and CaCO(3)-amended plates...
Characterization of fungal community structure on a weathered pegmatitic graniteDeirdre B Gleeson
Microbial Ecology Group, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Microb Ecol 50:360-8. 2005..These results show that fungal community structure was driven by the chemical composition of mineral substrates, indicating selective pressure by individual chemical elements on fungal populations in situ...
