Heavy metal pollution in ecosystem is a global threat. The associated toxicity and
carcinogenic nature of heavy metals/metalloids such as mercury, cadmium, lead, and …

Contamination of the biosphere by heavy metals has been rising, due to accelerated
anthropogenic activities, and is nowadays, a matter of serious global concern. Removal of …

Pteris cretica var. nervosa is a dominant fern species found in antimony (Sb) mining areas,
capable of forming symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), especially with those …

The diversity and biological characteristics of eukaryotic communities within acid mine
drainage (AMD) sites is less well studied than for prokaryotic communities. Furthermore, for …

To better understand heavy metal tolerance in Chlamydomonas acidophila, an
extremophilic green alga, we assembled its transcriptome and measured transcriptomic …

Microalgae are aquatic photosynthetic organisms accomplished with an ability to
differentiate between essential and nonessential metal ions for their growth. This selective …

Copper (Cu) is one of the essential microelements for plants and algae. It can stimulate
growth and photosynthesis at low concentration but inhibit them at higher concentration. The …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitously distributed persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) in marine environments. Phytoplankton are the entrance of PBDEs …

Acclimatory phenotypic response is a common phenomenon in microalgae, particularly
during heavy metal stress. It is not clear so far whether acclimating to one abiotic stressor …

Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce possesses widespread medicinal properties; however,
the continuous cropping (CC) often leads to a severe consecutive monoculture problem …