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An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus was isolated from the rhizosphere of Agrostis capillaris growing in the contaminated surroundings of a zinc refinery in The Netherlands. After examination of the infection pattern and the spores, it was characterized as Scutellospora dipurpurescens, which was first isolated from a reclaimed coal mine area in West Virginia.
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Griffioen, W.A.J. Characterization of a heavy metal-tolerant endomycorrhizal fungus from the surroundings of a zinc refinery. Mycorrhiza 4, 197–200 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206780
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