Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) In Environmental Cleanup

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), which are members of the Family Glomales, Class Zygomycetes, among the rhizosphere microorganisms engaged in plant-soil interactions, require special consideration. This is due to the fact that more than 80% of plant species on earth are mycorrhizal and may gain from mineral nutrition provided by AM fungi. It was discovered that plants that can form associations with AM fungus accumulate a significant amount of trace metals (Burke et al., 2000). Unfortunately, there is still much to learn about how AM fungi interact with plants in relation to soil metals, how mycorrhiza function under the constraints of trace metal remediation techniques, and how phytoextraction affects AM fungi. When an ecosystem is being restored, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) should be taken into account as a crucial part of the soil microflora and as a possible instrument for re-establishing plant cover and population variety (Turnau and Haselwandter, 2002).