Taleski, Vaso and Dimkic, Ivica and Boev, Blazo and Boev, Ivan and Zivkovic, Sanja and Stankovic, Slavisa (2020) Bacterial and Fungal Diversity in the Lorandite (TlAsS2) Mine “Allchar” in the Republic of North Macedonia. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96 (9). pp. 1-16.
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The Allchar mineral mine is one of the oldest arsenic-antimony mines in the Republic of North Macedonia. The mine is a well-known reservoir of the worldwide purest source of the thallium-bearing mineral, lorandite (TlAsS2). The current study evaluated the bacterial and fungal diversity of three As- and Tl-contaminated sites in Allchar mineral mine. Our analysis showed the presence of 25 elements and confirmed a high concentration of As and Tl.
Alpha diversity indices suggested a high diversity and evenness of bacterial and fungal communities. Bacterial phyla that dominated the environment were Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, Planctomycetes, Actinobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia. Looking at the genus level, we found the following groups of bacteria: Chryseolinea, Opitutus, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Terrimonas, Sphingomonas, and Reyranella. For the fungi genera, we report Tetracladium sp., Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinus sp. from Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota phyla in all sites. We also observed a high abundance of the fungal species Pilidium sp., Dendroclathra lignicola, Rosellinia desmazieri, Hypomyces rosellus, and Coprinellus disseminatus. This study is the first to identify specific As- and Tl-tolerant fungal (Pilidium sp., Cladophialophora sp., Neobulgaria sp., and Mycena acicula) and bacterial (Trichococcus, Devosia, Litorilinea, and Gimesia) genera from Allchar mine, suggesting bioremediation and industrial potential.
Keywords: Allchar mine, microbiome, arsenic, thallium, geomicrobiology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Impact Factor Value: | 4 |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences > Biological sciences Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Vaso Taleski |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2020 10:43 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2020 10:43 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/26628 |
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