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Microbiology
Meng You, Li Wang, Guopeng Zhou, Yikun Wang, Kai Wang, Rong Zou, Weidong Cao, Hongli Fan
Summary: This study evaluated the efficacy of applying Bacillus megaterium (BM) along with citric acid (BM + CA), Glomus mosseae (BM + GM), and Piriformospora indica (BM + PI) on the ability of Solanum nigrum (S. nigrum) to remediate Cd-contaminated soil. Results showed that BM + GM significantly increased the Cd accumulation of each pot of S. nigrum compared with the control. Application of microbial agents changed the soil microbial communities. Further research found that certain key microbial species enriched in BM + GM were significantly correlated with the translocation factor and thus greatly enhanced the Cd remediation capacity of S. nigrum.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Yuhang Jiang, Muhammad Umar Khan, Xiaoqin Lin, Zhimin Lin, Sheng Lin, Wenxiong Lin
Summary: Legume/cereal intercropping increases yield and improves functional leaves and nodule characteristics through nitrogen fixation. Intercropping also enhances the abundance of nitrogen fixation-related genes and the proportion of isoflavonoids in root exudates.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Sara Correa-Garcia, Karelle Rheault, Julien Tremblay, Armand Seguin, Etienne Yergeau
Summary: Soil microbial diversity plays a crucial role in the outcome of rhizoremediation, with balsam poplars enhancing phenanthrene degradation in forest soil but not in agricultural soil. Fungal communities were mainly affected by plant presence, while bacterial communities were principally influenced by soil type, leading to different degradation patterns between the two soil types.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Min Nie, Chihhung Wu, Yanni Tang, Guangyu Shi, Xu Wang, Chengxiao Hu, Jun Cao, Xiaohu Zhao
Summary: Heavy metal compound contaminated soil, which often contains copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), and chromium (Cr), poses a significant ecological threat. However, the application of phytoremediation in heavy metal combined contamination is limited. In this study, the researchers explored the use of exogenous selenium (Se) and Bacillus proteolyticus SES to enhance the remediation of combined Cu-Cd-Cr contaminated soil by ryegrass. The results showed that the addition of Se alone or in combination with B. proteolyticus SES significantly increased the removal rates of heavy metals in the rhizosphere soil and improved the tolerance of ryegrass to heavy metals, while also promoting the growth of specific beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Yi Xu, Cheng Zheng, Le Liang, Zili Yi, Shuai Xue
Summary: A 5-year field experiment showed that Miscanthus can reduce soil salinization and improve soil fertility on saline-alkaline soil by altering the microbial community composition abundance, enriching beneficial bacteria for desalinization, promoting litter decomposition, plant growth, and reducing harmful fungi. Soil pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter, and total potassium were the main physicochemical properties influencing the bacterial and fungal communities. Further extensive multi-location trials are needed to assess the improvements across diverse environments.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Maria Tartaglia, Daniela Zuzolo, Alessia Postiglione, Antonello Prigioniero, Pierpaolo Scarano, Rosaria Sciarrillo, Carmine Guarino
Summary: This study validates the potential of a microbial consortium combined with a plant for in-situ remediation of polluted soil. Through enzymatic activity analysis and chemical analyses, the study found that this method can significantly reduce the main pollutants in the soil. The metatranscriptomic approach used to analyze enzymatic activity in the rhizosphere revealed an increased abundance of enzymes involved in rhizospheric activities and pollutant removal. The findings of this study are important for the advancement of rhizosphere engineering.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agronomy
Zhu Li, Ying Ding, Xin Ke, Longhua Wu, Peter Christie
Summary: This study found that soil micro-arthropods can enhance the growth of hyperaccumulator plants and increase metal uptake efficiency, potentially playing a crucial role in the remediation of metal-contaminated soils.
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Agronomy
Xiaolin Chen, Haipeng Chen, Yuling Li
Summary: The rhizosphere soils of two plant species (Robinia pseudoacacia and Juniperus sabina) increased the number of keystone taxa and altered the structure of the microbial community network, promoting soil enzyme activity and nutrient cycling in iron mine tailings. These keystone taxa played important ecological functions in the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus nutrient cycles, and were closely correlated with soil enzyme activity.
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Faming Wu, Peng Wei, Xiang Li, Min Huang, Limin Zhou, Zhirong Liu
Summary: Phytoremediation, a green and safe bioremediation technology, has gained significant attention from researchers. The rhizosphere effect, resulting from the interaction between plants, microbes, and soil, plays an important role in plant adaptation to the external environment during phytoremediation. This study focuses on the membrane transport, morphological transformation, migration and distribution mechanism of uranium in plants under the rhizosphere effect, as well as the molecular mechanism of microbial-mediated uranium-contaminated soil remediation. The influencing factors and regulatory measures of rhizosphere remediation are also discussed. The findings of this study provide valuable insights and future research directions for the rhizosphere effect in phytoremediation of uranium-contaminated soil.
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chengjiao Duan, Yuhan Wang, Qiang Wang, Wenliang Ju, Zhiqin Zhang, Yongxing Cui, Jingzi Beiyuan, Qiaohui Fan, Shiyong Wei, Shiqing Li, Linchuan Fang
Summary: Slow nutrient turnover and destructed soil function are the main factors causing low efficiency in phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil. Soil ecoenzymatic stoichiometry can reflect the ability of soil microorganisms to acquire energy and nutrients, and drive nutrient cycling and carbon decomposition in HM contaminated soil.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chao Wang, Haiyang Ma, Zhihan Feng, Zhenxing Yan, Bolong Song, Jialong Wang, Yuyin Zheng, Weiping Hao, Wenying Zhang, Minjie Yao, Yaosheng Wang
Summary: The effect of long-term water and integrated fertilization on prokaryotic microorganisms and their regulation for crop nutrient uptake remains unknown. This study investigated the impact of soil water and integrated fertilization on prokaryotic microbial communities in the root zone compartments and their association with wheat nitrogen uptake and yield. The results showed that water regimes had a more drastic effect on prokaryotic microbial community structure and diversity compared to fertilization treatments. Application of organic fertilizers improved soil organic matter and nutrient contents, as well as prokaryotic microbial diversity. Increasing irrigation also elevated the abundance of functional microorganisms related to ammonia oxidation and nitrification. Soil water content and NH4+-N as well as NO3--N were identified as key predictors of prokaryotic microbial community composition. Appropriate application of irrigation and organic fertilizers increased the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria and promoted nitrogen uptake and wheat yield.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenxiang He, Aogui Long, Chunming Zhang, Min Cao, Jie Luo
Summary: This study compared two methods for estimating the time required for phytoremediation and found that calculating metal decontamination efficiency based on the measurement of the actual amount of metal taken by the plant is more robust than estimating it based on the evolution of soil metal concentration over time. Additionally, using N. caerulescens may not be appropriate in Pb- or Cu-polluted soil, as this species mobilized these metals but did not extract them.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiong Li, Di Chen, Boqun Li, Yongping Yang
Summary: S. tiliifolia was able to tolerate all Cd concentrations, with higher Cd concentrations in roots than shoots and low translocation factors. Rhizosphere pH decreased with increasing Cd concentrations, and soil pH and organic matter content may jointly affect soil available Cd. Soil enzyme activities and bacterial diversity were affected to varying degrees under Cd stress, with induced bacterial ABC transporters contributing to Cd detoxification and accumulation in both soil microbial communities and S. tiliifolia plants.
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Forestry
Qian Wang, Qiwu Sun, Wenzheng Wang, Xiangrong Liu, Liguo Song, Lingyu Hou
Summary: This study used CLPP and high-throughput sequencing to investigate the soil microbial community in rhizosphere and bulk soil of plants. The results showed that different plants improved the activity and diversity of the contaminated soil microbial community to varying degrees. Cunninghamia lanceolate had better effect on soil nutrients, while Toona ciliata and Pinus elliottii had better effect on decreasing the Cu content. This study assessed the influence of native plants on microbial communities in soils and the soil remediation capacity.
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Environmental Sciences
Gen Wang, Li Wang, Fang Ma
Summary: The interaction between earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has significant impacts on soil bacterial community and fertility in cadmium-contaminated soil. Earthworms increase available potassium, while arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase available phosphorous.
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Agronomy
Anja Mangold, Iris Lewandowski, Jens Moehring, John Clifton-Brown, Jacek Krzyzak, Michal Mos, Marta Pogrzeba, Andreas Kiesel
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Szymon Rusinowski, Alicja Szada-Borzyszkowska, Paulina Zieleznik-Rusinowska, Eugeniusz Malkowski, Jacek Krzyzak, Gabriela Wozniak, Krzysztof Sitko, Michal Szopinski, Jon Paul McCalmont, Hazem M. Kalaji, Marta Pogrzeba
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2019)
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Plant Sciences
K. Sitko, S. Rusinowski, M. Pogrzeba, A. Daszkowska-Golec, Z. Gieron, H. M. Kalaji, E. Malkowski
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Krzysztof Sitko, Zaneta Gieron, Michal Szopinski, Paulina Zieleznik-Rusinowska, Szymon Rusinowski, Marta Pogrzeba, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Hazem M. Kalaji, Eugeniusz Malkowski
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
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Agricultural Engineering
Khanh-Quang Tran, Sebastian Werle, Thuat T. Trinh, Aneta Magdziarz, Szymon Sobek, Marta Pogrzeba
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huiping Dai, Shuhe Wei, Marta Pogrzeba, Szymon Rusinowski, Jacek Krzyzak, Genliang Jia
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marta Pogrzeba, Szymon Rusinowski, Jacek Krzyzak, Alicja Szada-Borzyszkowska, Jon Paul McCalmont, Paulina Zieleznik-Rusinowska, Norbert Slabon, Aleksandra Sas-Nowosielska
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eugeniusz Malkowski, Krzysztof Sitko, Michal Szopinski, Zaneta Gieron, Marta Pogrzeba, Hazem M. Kalaji, Paulina Zieleznik-Rusinowska
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2020)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bastian Winkler, Anja Mangold, Moritz von Cossel, John Clifton-Brown, Marta Pogrzeba, Iris Lewandowski, Yasir Iqbal, Andreas Kiesel
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huiping Dai, Shuhe Wei, Marta Pogrzeba, Jacek Krzyzak, Szymon Rusinowski, Qing Zhang
Summary: Bidens pilosa L. is a widely distributed Cd-hyperaccumulator species with large biomass and fast growth rate. This study compared the Cd accumulation in two ecotypes (Hanzhong and Shenyang) collected from clean soils, and found that Hanzhong ecotype had higher Cd concentrations and biomass than Shenyang ecotype. The differences in Cd accumulation mechanisms between the two ecotypes could be important for future screening and constructing of ideal hyperaccumulators for phytoremediation purposes.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. Szada-Borzyszkowska, J. Krzyzak, S. Rusinowski, A. Starzewska-Sikorska, I Ratman-Klosinska, M. Pogrzeba
Summary: The study showed that the application of lime and lignite can decrease the bioavailability of heavy metals in soil, enhance colonization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in L. perenne roots, and increase the plant's shoot dry biomass.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jacek Krzyzak, Szymon Rusinowski, Krzysztof Sitko, Alicja Szada-Borzyszkowska, Jacek Borgulat, Radoslaw Stec, Hans Martin Hanslin, Marta Pogrzeba
Summary: Nature-based solutions show promise for climate adaptation and environmental management in urban areas, but urban conditions can be stressful for vegetation. Understanding plant adaptations and stress acclimation is important for guiding plant selection for urban greening with native species.
Proceedings Paper
Construction & Building Technology
K. Nowak, A. Szada-Borzyszkowska, J. Krzyzak, S. Rusinowski, M. Soja, M. Pogrzeba
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Energy & Fuels
Thuat T. Trinh, Sebastian Werle, Khanh-Quang Tran, Aneta Magdziarz, Szymon Sobek, Marta Pogrzeba
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY TRANSITIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Energy & Fuels
Sebastian Werle, Khanh-Quang Tran, Aneta Magdziarz, Szymon Sobek, Marta Pogrzeba, Terese Lovas
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY TRANSITIONS
(2019)