Journal Top Ten, Columns-Asbestos, July 2005

TITLE: "Inorganic Materials and Living Organisms: Surface Modifications and Fungal Responses to Various Asbestos Forms"

JOURNAL: Chemistry. 2005 Jul 15; [Epub ahead of print]

AUTHORS: Daghino S, Martino E, Fenoglio I, Tomatis M, Perotto S, Fubini B.

SUMMARY: In a previous study several strains of soil fungi were reported to remove iron in vitro from crocidolite asbestos, a process that was envisaged as a possible bioremediation route for asbestos-polluted soils. The fungal metabolic response of F. oxysporum grown in the presence of chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite revealed that new extracellular …