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Fungal mycelia have been shown to serve as efficient dispersal networks for a wide range of bacteria thereby enabling their access to otherwise unattainable habitats. Likewise they actively promote the conveyance of soil contaminants beyond their purely diffusive transport. Conceptually, both processes improve the bioavailability of contaminants to bacteria and are of ecological and biotechnological relevance for improving the ecosystem service of contaminant biodegradation.
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Lukas Y. Wick 1984–1989 Chemiestudium und 1994 Promotion, Universität Basel, Schweiz. 1995–1998 Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, und EAWAG, Dübendorf, Schweiz. 1999–2004 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, ETH Lausanne, Schweiz. Seit 2004 Gruppen- und stellvertretender Departmentleiter, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung — UFZ, Leipzig. Seit 2012 Adjunkt Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Kanada.
Hauke Harms 1983–1988 Biologiestudium und 1988–1990 Promotion, Universität Hamburg. 1991–1993 Postdoc, Universität Wageningen, Niederlande. 1993–1998 Oberassistent bei Prof. Dr. A. Zehnder, ETH Zürich, Schweiz. 1998–2003 Assistenzprofessor, ETH Lausanne, Schweiz. Seit 2004 Leiter des Departments Umweltmikrobiologie, Helmholtz- Zentrum für Umweltforschung — UFZ und Professor für Umweltmikrobiologie der Universität Leipzig.
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Wick, L.Y., Harms, H. Unterirdische Autobahnen: Pilze beim Schadstoffabbau. Biospektrum 19, 720–722 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-013-0380-3
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