Session: CrossDiv Symposium--Fungi and Contaminants in Soils

Division: SSSA Cross-Divisional Symposium

Title: CrossDiv Symposium--Fungi and Contaminants in Soils

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils, SSSA Division: Soils and Environmental Quality
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Symposium
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Session Description: Though abiotic drivers of contaminant bioavailability and fate in soils are generally well-understood, soil fungi play undervalued roles in the immobilization-mobilization of metals and the transformation and degradation of organic contaminants. Root-associated fungi in particular are key mediators of biogeochemical processes at the soil-plant interface of contaminant dynamics. This session invites presentations on: (1) Soil contaminant effects on fungal species abundance and diversity, and subsequent impacts on plant response to contaminants; (2) Fungal enhancement or inhibition of plant uptake of contaminants; (3) Contaminant effects on the fungi-plant mutualism; (4) Fungal players in contaminant fate in soil.