Pietro Marescotti

Prof. Pietro Marescotti

DISTAV, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 September 2013 in Journal of Geochemical Exploration
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CCC. Carbone
C. Carbone
EDEnrico Dinelli
Enrico Dinelli
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GGG. Gasparotto
G. Gasparotto
GLG. Lucchetti
G. Lucchetti

25 January 2017 in Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B
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GCGrazia Cecchi
Grazia Cecchi
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Pietro Marescotti
SPSimone Di Piazza
Simone Di Piazza
MZMirca Zotti
Mirca Zotti
Metal contamination constitutes a major source of pollution globally. Many recent studies emphasized the need to develop cheap and green technologies for the remediation or reclamation of environmental matrices contaminated by heavy metals. In this context, fungi are versatile organisms that can be exploited for bioremediation activities. In our work, we tested silver (Ag) bioaccumulation capabilities of three microfungal strains (Aspergillus alliaceus Thom & Church, Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, Clonostachys rosea (Link) Schroers, Samuels, Seifert & W. Gams) isolated from a silver polluted site. The aim was to select silver tolerant native strains and test their potential silver uptake. Among the three species tested, T. harzianum was the most efficient strain to tolerate and accumulate silver, showing an uptake capability of 153 mg L−1 taken at the Ag concentration of 330 mg L−1. Our study highlights the potential use of native microfungi spontaneously growing in sulphide-rich waste rock dumps, for silver bioaccumulation and bioremediation.

1 November 2005 in Mineralogy and Petrology
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CCC. Carbone
C. Carbone
Francesco Di BenedettoFrancesco Di Benedetto
Francesco Di Benedetto
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Pietro Marescotti
CSClaudio Sangregorio
Claudio Sangregorio
Lorenzo SoraceLorenzo Sorace
Lorenzo Sorace
CCC. Cipriani
C. Cipriani

1 March 2012 in Applied Geochemistry
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Pietro Marescotti
CCCristina Carbone
Cristina Carbone
PCPaola Comodi
Paola Comodi
FFFrancesco Frondini
Francesco Frondini
GLGabriella Lucchetti
Gabriella Lucchetti

1 December 2014 in Chemosphere
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MZMirca Zotti
Mirca Zotti
SPSimone Di Piazza
Simone Di Piazza
Enrica RoccotielloEnrica Roccotiello
Enrica Roccotiello
GLGabriella Lucchetti
Gabriella Lucchetti
Mauro MariottiMauro Mariotti
Mauro Mariotti
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Pietro Marescotti

1 June 2001 in The Canadian Mineralogist
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RCR. Cabella
R. Cabella
GLG. Lucchetti
G. Lucchetti
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