Aberdeen Mycorrhiza Research Group

 

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Albina Franco PhD student The Macaulay Institute & University of Aberdeen Tel: +44 1224 272692 E-mail: a.franco@abdn.ac.uk

 

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Research interests

• Ectomycorrhizal symbionts of Betula spp.
• Ectomycorrhizal fungal succession associated with the colonisation of Calluna moorland by Betula spp.
• Interactions between ericaceous plants and mycorrhizal fungi

Publications

• A.R. Franco, C.S.C. Calheiros, C.C. Pacheco, P. De Marco, C.M. Manaia, P.M.L. Castro (2005). Isolation and characterization of polymeric galloyl-ester-degrading bacteria from a tannery discharge place. Microbial Ecology 50: 550-556.

 Conference presentations

• Franco, AR, Mitchell, RJ, Campbell, CD, Anderson, IC and Alexander, IJ (2006) The ectomycorrhizal fungi of birch colonising Calluna moorland in Northern Scotland. 5th International Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM 5), Granada, Spain. [PDF 761KB]

Research experience

• 2004 & 2005 Research assistant for the Portuguese Catholic University project “Application of mycorrhizal fungi for the production of Pinus pinaster and Quercus roble” (Projecto-Agro 752) 2004 - present.
• 2002 & 2004 Research assistant for Portuguese Catholic University project “ Phytoremediation and biofilme bioreactors on the treatment of industrial wastewater: a comparative study” (Projecto-POCTI/CTA/39111/01).

Education & Background

• 2005 - Present PhD-student: Mycorrhizal fungi – drivers of successional processes? (University of Aberdeen, Macaulay Institute and CEH-Banchory, UK).
• 2002 Degree in Microbiology (Portuguese Catholic University, Oporto, Portugal).

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