Dr. Felicia GherghelPhilipps-Universität Marburg Department of Mycology Karl-von-Frisch Str. 8 D-35043 Marburg Phone: +49(0)6421 28 22077 Fax: +49(0)6421 28 22092 Email: gherghel@biologie.uni-marburg.de |
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Since the beginning of my research career my main interest focused on the relatioschips between functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi, environmental factors, natural and anthropogenic disturbances. I done my PhD at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany on ectomycorrhiza identification and characterization from a metal contaminated habitat within the former uranium mining district in Eastern Thuringia (Germany). During my first post-doctoral research in Nancy, France, I contributed to an international project entitled Conserving and exploiting the FUNctional DIVersity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest ecosystems (FUNDIV). At the department of mycology at the Philipps University, Marburg, I focus on populational genetics of mycorrhizal fungi.
Publications:
Dimkpa C., Gherghel F., Haferburg G., Reinicke M., Schindler F., Schlunk I., Schmidt A., Schütze E., Zeggel L., Merten D., Büchel G., Kothe E., 2009. The effect of acid mine drainage on soil microbiology. Plant 117, 476-491
Gherghel F., Krause K., 2010. Role of Mycorrhiza in Re-forestation at Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites. in Erika Kothe and Ajit Varma (ed.) Soil Biology series: Bio-Geo- Interactions in Contaminated Soils, Springer, accepted for publication.
Gherghel F., Kothe E., 2007. Ectomycorrhizae community on Quercus robur in a mining area: relation between heavy metals tolerance and sulfur uptake. Proceedings of the WISMUT remediation, Gera, Germany, 317-318.
Kothe E., Dimkpa C., Gherghel F., Haferburg G., Krause K., Schmidt A., Schindler F., Zellmer A., Kießig G., Merten D., Büchel G., Zeggel L., 2007. Microbial adaptation and its use for bioremediation. Proceedings of the WISMUT remediation, Gera, Germany, 309-316.
Iordache V., Gherghel F., Kothe E., 2009. Assessing the Effect of Disturbances on Ectomycorrhiza Diversity, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 6, 416-422.
Iordache V, Kothe E., Neagoe A., Gherghel F., 2010. A conceptual framework for up-scaling ecological processes and application to ectomycorrhizal fungi, in Rai M., Varma A. (ed.) Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhiza, Springer, 255-301.
Schmidt A., Haferburg G., Schmidt A., Lischke U-., Merten D., Gherghel F., Büchel G., Kothe E., 2009. Heavy metal resistance to the extreme: Streptomyces strains from a former uranium mining area. Chemie der Erde. 69, 35-44.
Subbmited:
Gherghel F., Iordache V., Krause K., Kothe E., 2010. Heavy metal contamination in young Quercus sp. forests results in ectomycorrhizal communities dominated by long-distance exploration type. Subbmited.
