Researcher
Mark SMITS
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Biological sciences
Affiliations
- Biology - Geology (Department)
Member
From1 Nov 2009 → 30 Sep 2017 - Environmental Biology (Research group)
Member
From1 Nov 2009 → 30 Sep 2017 - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
Member
From1 Nov 2009 → 30 Sep 2017 - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From1 Nov 2009 → 30 Sep 2017
Projects
1 - 3 of 3
- Exploring the Suillus luteus genome to understand the functional ecology of an ectomycorrhizal fungus adapted to heavy metal stressFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi: fueling the belowground carbon cycleFrom1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2015Funding: FWO fellowships
- Hydraulic lift via mycorrhizal fungi: a key factor in the competition for organically bound nutrients?From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2012Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
11 - 19 of 19
- Soil fungi appear to have a retarding rather than a stimulating role on soil apatite weathering(2014)
Authors: Mark SMITS, Leif Johansson, Hakan Wallander
Pages: 217 - 228 - Carbon availability triggers the decomposition of plant litter and assimilation of nitrogen by an ectomycorrhizal fungus(2013)
Authors: Francois RINEAU, F. Shah, Mark SMITS, P. Persson, T. Johansson, Robert CARLEER, C. Troein, A. Tunlid
Pages: 2010 - 2022 - Nanoscale Observations of Extracellular Polymeric Substances Deposition on Phyllosilicates by an Ectomycorrhizal Fungus(2013)
Authors: Salvatore A. Gazze, Loredana Saccone, Mark SMITS, Adele L. Duran, Jonathan R. Leake, Steven A. Banwart, K. Vala Ragnarsdottir, Terence J. McMaster
Pages: 721 - 730 - High resolution characterization of ectomycorrhizal fungal-mineral interactions in axenic microcosm experiments(2012)
Authors: Loredana Saccone, Salvatore A. Gazzè, Adele L. Duran, Jonathan R. Leake, Steven A. Banwart, Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Mark SMITS, Terence J. McMaster
Pages: 411 - 425 - Plant-driven weathering of apatite - the role of an ectomycorrhizal fungus(2012)
Authors: Mark SMITS, S. Bonneville, L. G. Benning, Steven A. Banwart, J. R. Leake
Pages: 445 - 456 - Nanoscale channels on ectomycorrhizal-colonized chlorite: Evidence for plant-driven fungal dissolution(2012)
Authors: Salvatore A. Gazze, Loredana Saccone, K. Vala Ragnarsdottir, Mark SMITS, Adele L. Duran, Jonathan R. Leake, Steven A. Banwart, Terence J. McMaster
- The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus converts organic matter in plant litter using a trimmed brown-rot mechanism involving Fenton chemistry(2012)
Authors: Francois RINEAU, Doris Roth, Firoz Shah, Mark SMITS, Tomas Johansson, Bjorn Canback, Peter Bjarke Olsen, Per Persson, Morten Nedergaard Grell, Erika Lindquist, et al.
Pages: 1477 - 1487 - In situ atomic force microscopy measurements of biotite basal plane reactivity in the presence of oxalic acid(2011)
Authors: Simon J. Haward, Mark SMITS, Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir, Jonathan R. Leake, Steven A. Banwart, Terence J. McMaster
Pages: 6870 - 6881 - Ectomycorrhizal weathering, evidence from the field?(2010)
Authors: Mark SMITS, Hakan Wallander, Leif Johansson
Pages: A973 - A973