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Effect of the edaphic factors and metal content in soil on the diversity of Trichoderma spp.

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Influence of edaphic factors and metal content on diversity of Trichoderma species at 14 different soil sampling locations, on two depths, was examined. Forty-one Trichoderma isolates from 14 sampling sites were determined as nine species based on their internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Our results indicate that weakly alkaline soils are rich sources of Trichoderma strains. Also, higher contents of available K and P are connected with higher Trichoderma diversity. Increased metal content in soil was not inhibiting factor for Trichoderma species occurrence. Relationship between these factors was confirmed by locally weighted sequential smoothing (LOESS) nonparametric smoothing analysis. Trichoderma strain (Szeged Microbiology Collection (SZMC) 22669) from soil with concentrations of Cr and Ni above remediation values should be tested for its potential for bioremediation of these metals in polluted soils.

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The research is co-financed by the European Union through the Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Program (PHANETRI, HUSRB/1002/214/068), by the Ministry of Educationand Science of the Republic of Serbia (Project No. III43010 and TR 31080), and by the EuropeanUnion within the frames of the Széchenyi 2020 Programme (GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00052).

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  1. Faculty of Environmental Protection, Educons University, Vojvode Putnika 87, Sremska Kamenica, 21208, Serbia

    Gordana Racić & Dejana Panković

  2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

    Péter Körmöczi & László Kredics

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vera Raičević

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Beba Mutavdžić

  5. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Miroslav M. Vrvić

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Racić, G., Körmöczi, P., Kredics, L. et al. Effect of the edaphic factors and metal content in soil on the diversity of Trichoderma spp.. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 3375–3386 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8067-1

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