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href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7931-5499\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7931-5499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Dan Blanchon<sup>1, 2, *<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Peter de Lange<sup>2<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5259-3715\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5259-3715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Erin Doyle<sup>2<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6996-8229\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5259-3715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Tianyi Tang<sup>2<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8193-8302\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5259-3715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Nick Waipara<sup>3<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5129-4622\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5259-3715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Terri-Ann Berry<sup>4<\/sup><br><br>Affiliations:<br>1 Auckland Museum T\u0101maki Paenga Hira.<br>2 Applied Molecular Solutions Research Centre, Unitec Institute of Technology | Te P\u016bkenga<br>3 The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited<br>4 Environmental Innovation Centre<br>* Corresponding author: <a href=\"mailto:dblanchon@aucklandmuseum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dblanchon@aucklandmuseum.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Received: 21 September 2023 | Accepted: 04 December 2023 | Published: 03 March 2024<br>Senior Editor: Marleen Baling<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.002102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.002102<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PiBD-BlanchonETAL-2024.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"6638\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>:<br>Asbestos refers to six types of fibrous, silicate minerals, historically used for a wide range of household, commercial and industrial applications. Asbestos exposure is known to cause diseases such as asbestosis, pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer, and is responsible for around 220 deaths per year in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. Asbestos is disposed of using a designated hazardous landfill facility, an expensive and unsustainable practice. As an alternative, research has focused on bioremediation to manage asbestos contamination. Bioremediation research has shown that asbestos fibres can be partially degraded, and surface reactivity decreased, by the activity of iron-chelating siderophores, produced by some fungi and bacteria. This paper presents initial results of siderophore-detecting chrome azurol S (CAS)-agar plate assays on mycobiota collected from biofilms from asbestos-containing building products in Auckland and natural asbestos mineral deposits in Kahurangi National Park, north-west Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>Blanchon, D., de Lange, P. J., Doyle, E., Tang, T., Waipara, N., Berry, T-A. (2024). 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