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In soils with mercury contamination, the most common types of fungi belong to groups called Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Scientific Claim
Ascomycota and Basidiomycota are the dominant fungal phyla in mercury-contaminated soils at both Savannah River Site and Oak Ridge Reservation.
Source Excerpt
“Dominant bacterial phyla included Pseudomonadota, Bacteroidota, Bacillota, Acidobacteriota, and Actinomycetota; fungal communities were primarily Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.”
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Supporting Studies
A survey of bacterial and fungal community structure and functions in two long-term metalliferous soil habitats
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Evidence Assessment
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The study identified fungal phyla through ITS sequencing and shotgun metagenomics, consistently finding Ascomycota and Basidiomycota as the most abundant across contaminated sites.