| weathering of chrysotile asbestos by the serpentine rock-inhabiting fungus verticillium leptobactrum. | verticillium leptobactrum, a rare fungal species, has repeatedly been isolated from serpentinic rocks in the western alps, thus suggesting that it adapts easily to this selective mineral substrate. the rrna internal transcribed spacer region of several isolates has been sequenced to confirm their identity and taxonomic position within verticillium, a recently revised polyphyletic entity. isolates of v. leptobactrum have also been investigated to establish their ability to weather asbestos chryso ... | 2009 | 19453742 |