Serpentine soils do not limit mycorrhizal fungal diversity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BackgroundPhysiologically stressful environments tend to host depauperate and specialized biological communities. Serpentine soils exemplify this phenomenon by imposing well-known constraints on plants; however, their effect on other organisms is still ...
Sara Branco, Richard H Ree
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Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach [PDF]
Geochemical Transactions, 2022 The Santa Elena Ophiolite is a well-studied ultramafic system in Costa Rica mainly comprised of peridotites. Here, tropical climatic conditions promote active laterite formation processes, but the biogeochemistry of the resulting serpentine soils is ...
Agustín F. Solano-Arguedas +6 more
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Adaptations to the stressful combination of serpentine soils and Mediterranean climate drive plant functional groups and trait richness [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionPlant functional traits (FTs) are important for understanding plant ecological strategies (e.g., drought avoidance), especially in the nutrient-poor soils of serpentine ecosystems. In the Mediterranean areas, such ecosystems are characterized
Noelia Hidalgo-Triana +4 more
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Silene isabellae (Caryophyllaceae), a new campion species from serpentine soils of Albania [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2023 The new species Silene isabellae is described and illustrated from the Skënderbëut mountain range of central Albania. It grows on the ultramafic mountain slopes around Qafë Shtamë, in the understorey of open Pinus nigra forests and in the rocky ...
Federico Selvi +2 more
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Regulation of a nickel tolerance operon conserved in Mesorhizobium strains from serpentine soils [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe Mesorhizobium nre (nickel resistance) operon has previously been shown to mediate Ni tolerance in serpentine soils with naturally high concentrations of this transition metal.
Kyson T. Jensen, Joel S. Griffitts
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Exploring the Plant Growth-Promotion Properties of Rhizospheric and Endophytic Bacteria Associated with Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Serpentine Soil [PDF]
Polish Journal of MicrobiologySerpentine soils are characterized as a unique environment with low nutrient availability and high heavy metal concentrations, often hostile to many plant species.
Hasanović Mujo +4 more
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Fungal frontiers in toxic terrain: Revealing culturable fungal communities in Serpentine paddy fields of Taiwan [PDF]
IMA FungusSerpentine soils are predominantly distributed along the Circum-Pacific margin and the Mediterranean, including eastern Taiwan. These soils are characterized by high levels of heavy metals, including nickel and chromium, and a low calcium-to-magnesium ...
Kai-Wen Cheng +5 more
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Plants, 2022 Serpentine soils are rich in heavy metals and poor in nutrients, limiting plant species’ performance and survival. Nevertheless, specificities of such limitations as well as adaptability features required for thriving in serpentine environments are ...
C. J. Roebuck +3 more
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Genomic analysis of differentiation between soil types reveals candidate genes for local adaptation in Arabidopsis lyrata. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Serpentine soil, which is naturally high in heavy metal content and has low calcium to magnesium ratios, comprises a difficult environment for most plants.
Thomas L Turner +2 more
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A Test of the Inadvertent Uptake Hypothesis Using Plant Species Adapted to Serpentine Soil
Soil Systems, 2021 Serpentine soils are a stressful growing environment for plants, largely due to nutrient deficiencies and high concentrations of toxic heavy metals (e.g., Ni).
George A. Meindl +4 more
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