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Biology
James A. deMayo, Reid S. Brennan, Melissa H. Pespeni, Michael Finiguerra, Lydia Norton, Gihong Park, Hannes Baumann, Hans G. Dam
Summary: Phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation can help populations cope with global change, but the limits and costs of adaptation under multiple stressors are not well understood. This study found that a copepod species, Acartia hudsonica, initially experienced a decline in fitness under the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification, but fully recovered within four generations, indicating an adaptive response and synergy between stressors. However, in the long term, the fitness of the adapted lineage was lower compared to the ambient conditions, suggesting a cost to producing phenotypes adapted to both warming and acidification. The study also found sustained phenotypic plasticity in the adapted lineage, even when exposed to different environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Han Zhu, Zhi-Yu Huang, Shan Jiang, Ling Pan, Yi-Long Xi
Summary: This study investigates the adaptability of Brachionus dorcas populations to oxytetracycline (OTC) selection through selection experiments and common garden experiments. The results show that populations exposed to OTC experience increased growth rate but decreased mictic ratio, suggesting a trade-off between asexual and sexual reproduction. The significantly increased tolerance and fitness costs and gains indicate the importance of considering past exposures to pollutants when evaluating the effects of current stressors on natural populations.
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jesse N. Weber, Natalie C. Steinel, Foen Peng, Kum Chuan Shim, Brian K. Lohman, Lauren E. Fuess, Swapna Subramanian, Stephen P. De Lisle, Daniel I. Bolnick
Summary: Parasites impose fitness costs on hosts. When the cost of immune response is high, selection may favor loss of resistance, resulting in immune system differences between resistant and tolerant populations.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xiurong Zhao, Jinxin Zhang, Huie Wang, Haiying Li, Changqing Qu, Junhui Wen, Xinye Zhang, Tao Zhu, Changsheng Nie, Xinghua Li, Gemingguli Muhatai, Liang Wang, XueZe Lv, Weifang Yang, Chunjiang Zhao, Haigang Bao, Junying Li, Bo Zhu, Guomin Cao, Wenjie Xiong, Zhonghua Ning, Lujiang Qu
Summary: This study investigated the genetic basis of cold tolerance in chickens using whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing. It identified genes and pathways potentially involved in cold adaptation, and discovered six genes requiring further study. Different allele frequency distributions of SNPs within ptgs2 and dnah5 in chickens from different latitudes suggested strong selective pressure. This study provides insights into genetic adaptation of chickens to cold environments and serves as a reference for developing adaptive breeds.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas James Ellis, Froukje M. Postma, Christopher G. Oakley, Jon Agren
Summary: Resources used for survival cannot be used for increasing fecundity, but the extent of this trade-off depends on overall resource status. Adaptation to different environments may involve the evolution of traits that enhance individuals' ability to acquire resources.
Review
Plant Sciences
Isabel Egea, Yanira Estrada, Celia Faura, Jose M. Egea-Fernandez, Maria C. Bolarin, Francisco B. Flores
Summary: Improved abiotic stress tolerance and nutritive value in food is crucial due to climate change and increasing population. Among these stresses, salt stress is a major problem in agriculture. In order to utilize marginal lands affected by salinity and low-quality saline water, exploring new sources of genetic variation like salt-tolerant alternative crops or underexploited crops is a promising approach.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pablo Yubero, Juan F. Poyatos
Summary: This study examines the difficulties in assessing the fitness cost of complex pleiotropic mutations and proposes a statistical framework incorporating direct effects and other molecular variables as predictors. Using mutations in Escherichia coli RNA polymerase as a model, it identifies certain genes as more suitable predictors for determining costs despite pleiotropy, which has implications for understanding robustness in biological systems.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Shamreen Iram, Emily Dolson, Joshua Chiel, Julia Pelesko, Nikhil Krishnan, Ozenc Gungor, Benjamin Kuznets-Speck, Sebastian Deffner, Efe Ilker, Jacob G. Scott, Michael Hinczewski
Summary: The study proposes using quantum methods to control potential evolutionary outcomes to address the unpredictability of evolution. By manipulating the speed and trajectories of evolution, this approach has diverse applications in disease treatment, climate change adaptation, agriculture, and bioengineering.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Balint Stewart, Nicole Gruenheit, Amy Baldwin, Rex Chisholm, Daniel Rozen, Adrian Harwood, Jason B. Wolf, Christopher R. L. Thompson
Summary: This study investigates natural variation in predatory performance in the microbial predator Dictyostelium discoideum. The researchers found widespread nontransitive differences among strains in predatory success across different bacterial prey, which can facilitate strain coexistence in multi-prey environments. Furthermore, most mutations had prey-specific effects, highlighting the potential for prey-specific effects to weaken selection and prevent the emergence of an optimal generalist predator.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Giulia Quaglia, Giulia Mescolini, Elena Catelli, Giacomo Berto, Filippo Muccioli, Caterina Lupini
Summary: Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus (CIAV) is an immunosuppressive pathogen of chickens, with strains circulating in different types of chicken flocks. The study in Italy revealed the molecular characteristics of CIAVs, showing highly heterogeneous strains and a worldwide distribution map of field viruses. Non-invasive samples such as feathers and environmental dust were successfully used for DNA amplification, with strains clustered into various genogroups with genetic markers related to virulence evaluated.
Article
Plant Sciences
Subhadra Chakrabarty, Natalja Kravcov, Andre Schaffasz, Rod J. Snowdon, Benjamin Wittkop, Steffen Windpassinger
Summary: This study provides insights into the genetic architecture of reproductive cold tolerance in sorghum through genome-wide association studies in diverse environments. Novel temperate-adapted accessions with superior cold tolerance were identified, indicating strong potential for implementing this trait in breeding. Promising genomic regions with multiple-trait associations, including candidate genes for development and survival under abiotic stress conditions, were found.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Agronomy
Yan Chen, Dawei Wang, Ning Li, Deng Wang, Xiao-Hui Liu, Ying Song
Summary: This study found that rodent species living in arid areas exhibit elevated tolerance to anti-vitamin K rodenticides (AVKs). Through analyzing the DNA sequences of certain genes, researchers discovered an accelerated evolution rate in these genes among desert rodent species, indicating genetic preadaptation to AVKs.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Suman G. Das, Joachim Krug, Muhittin Mungan
Summary: The biological evolution of a population is controlled by the fitness landscape. Evolution in changing environments resembles the athermal dynamics of disordered physical systems. By studying a model of antibiotic resistance evolution in bacteria, it is found that adaptive evolution also exhibits hysteresis loops and memory formation. The research provides a general framework for studying the evolutionary dynamics of biological systems in a changing environment.
Editorial Material
Biology
Line K. Bay, Emily J. Howells
Summary: The ability of corals to adapt to global warming may require trade-offs among the traits that contribute to their success as foundational species of coral reefs.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Aikaterini Papamanoli, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Jessica Hotelling, Jeanwoo Yoo, Prabhjot Grewal, William Predun, Robin P. Jacob, Kerry Cao, Luis A. Marcos, Hal A. Skopicki
Summary: This cohort study found that methylprednisolone treatment was only associated with improved clinical outcomes in nonintubated patients with severe COVID-19 who had admission ferritin levels in the upper tertile of values.
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Ecology
Lindsay A. Green-Gavrielidis, Fiona MacKechnie, Carol S. Thornber, Marta Gomez-Chiarri
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2018)
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Ecology
Lindsay A. Green-Gavrielidis, Fiona MacKechnie, Carol S. Thornber, Marta Gomez-Chiarri
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2018)
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Fisheries
Jose A. Fernandez Robledo, Raghavendra Yadavalli, Bassem Allam, Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa, Marco Gerdol, Samuele Greco, Rebecca J. Stevick, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Ying Zhang, Cynthia A. Heil, Adrienne N. Tracy, David Bishop-Bailey, Michael J. Metzger
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2019)
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Microbiology
Rebecca J. Stevick, Saebom Sohn, Tejashree H. Modak, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley, Karin Tammi, Roxanna Smolowitz, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, Anton F. Post, Marta Gomez-Chiarri
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Rachel Beth Weinberg, Darragh Lillian Clancy, C. Sarah Cohen
INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Noah Jaffe, Renate Eberl, Jamie Bucholz, C. Sarah Cohen
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel J. Hossfeld, Lorraine Ling, C. Sarah Cohen
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Immunology
Tejashree H. Modak, Marta Gomez-Chiarri
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Ecology
Laura M. Melroy, C. Sarah Cohen
Summary: Temporal genetic studies of low-dispersing organisms are rare, but this study of Leptasterias sea stars in central California provided insight into fine-scale population structure and changes in species distributions over time. The research revealed high potential for local adaptation in this species, constriction in the southern range limit of certain clades, and decrease in clade-specific abundance at previous prevalent sites. Additionally, a comparison between contemporary and historic samples highlighted significant differences in genetic diversity along the California coastline.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marie L. Nydam, Alan R. Lemmon, Jesse R. Cherry, Michelle L. Kortyna, Darragh L. Clancy, Cecilia Hernandez, C. Sarah Cohen
Summary: Ascidians play a central role in marine benthic communities as a large group of invertebrates. The botryllid ascidians, a group of 53 colonial species, have been found to have unique morphological characteristics that can aid in their identification. However, additional information such as larval or life history characteristics may be needed for taxonomic discrimination among species in this group. Molecular barcodes are essential for distinguishing morphologically similar species.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Olivia A. Erickson, Rebecca B. Cole, Jared M. Isaacs, Silvia Alvarez-Clare, Jonathan Arnold, Allison Augustus-Wallace, Joseph C. Ayoob, Alan Berkowitz, Janet Branchaw, Kevin R. Burgio, Charles H. Cannon, Ruben Michael Ceballos, C. Sarah Cohen, Hilary Coller, Jane Disney, Van A. Doze, Margaret J. Eggers, Stacy Farina, Edwin L. Ferguson, Jeffrey J. Gray, Jean T. Greenberg, Alexander Hoffmann, Danielle Jensen-Ryan, Robert M. Kao, Alex C. Keene, Johanna E. Kowalko, Steven A. Lopez, Camille Mathis, Mona Minkara, Courtney J. Murren, Mary Jo Ondrechen, Patricia Ordonez, Anne Osano, Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo, Soubantika Palchoudhury, Hong Qin, Juan Ramirez-Lugo, Jennifer Reithel, Colin A. Shaw, Amber Smith, Rosemary Smith, Adam P. Summers, Fern Tsien, Erin L. Dolan
Summary: This paragraph describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on undergraduate research programs in the United States and the implementation of remote undergraduate research programs in the life sciences. Through surveys and discussions, the strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations for improvement of these programs were identified. Despite coinciding with a peak in awareness of racial inequities and structural racism, students reported lower focus on these topics.
CBE-LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION
(2022)
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Ecology
Benjamin S. Halpern, Carl Boettiger, Michael C. Dietze, Jessica A. Gephart, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy B. Grimm, Peter M. Groffman, Jessica Gurevitch, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Kristy J. Kroeker, Heather J. Lahr, David M. Lodge, Christopher J. Lortie, Julie S. S. Lowndes, Fiorenza Micheli, Hugh P. Possingham, Mary H. Ruckelshaus, Courtney Scarborough, Chelsea L. Wood, Grace C. Wu, Lina Aoyama, Eva E. Arroyo, Christie A. Bahlai, Erin E. Beller, Rachael E. Blake, Karrigan S. Bork, Trevor A. Branch, Norah E. M. Brown, Julien Brun, Emilio M. Bruna, Lauren B. Buckley, Jessica L. Burnett, Max C. N. Castorani, Samantha H. Cheng, Sarah C. Cohen, Jessica L. Couture, Larry B. Crowder, Laura E. Dee, Arildo S. Dias, Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto, Martha R. Downs, Joan C. Dudney, Erle C. Ellis, Kyle A. Emery, Jacob G. Eurich, Bridget E. Ferriss, Alexa Fredston, Hikaru Furukawa, Sara A. Gagne, Sarah R. Garlick, Colin J. Garroway, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Angelica L. Gonzalez, Eliza M. Grames, Tamar Guy-Haim, Ed Hackett, Lauren M. Hallett, Tamara K. Harms, Danielle E. Haulsee, Kyle J. Haynes, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca M. Jarvis, Kristal Jones, Gaurav S. Kandlikar, Dustin W. Kincaid, Matthew L. Knope, Anil Koirala, Jurek Kolasa, John S. Kominoski, Julia Koricheva, Lesley T. Lancaster, Jake A. Lawlor, Heili E. Lowman, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Kari E. A. Norman, Nan Nourn, Casey C. O'Hara, Suzanne X. Ou, Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamino, Paula Pappalardo, Ryan A. Peek, Dominique Pelletier, Stephen Plont, Lauren C. Ponisio, Cristina Portales-Reyes, Diogo B. Provete, Eric J. Raes, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Irene Ramos, Sydne Record, Anthony J. Richardson, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Erin Satterthwaite, Chloe Schmidt, Aaron J. Schwartz, Craig R. See, Brendan D. Shea, Rachel S. Smith, Eric R. Sokol, Christopher T. Solomon, Trisha Spanbauer, Paris Stefanoudis, Beckett W. Sterner, Vitor Sudbrack, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Ashley R. Townes, Mireia Valle, Jonathan A. Walter, Kathryn Wheeler, William R. Wieder, David R. Williams, Marten Winter, Barbora Winterova, Lucy C. Woodall, Adam S. Wymore, Casey Youngflesh
Summary: Synthesis research in ecology and environmental science is important for improving understanding, advancing theory, identifying research priorities, and supporting management strategies. A virtual workshop with participants from different countries and disciplines was held to discuss how synthesis can address key questions and themes in the field in the next decade. Seven priority research topics and two issues regarding synthesis practices were identified, providing a strategic vision for future synthesis in ecology and environmental science.
Article
Ecology
Meredyth Duncan, Benson Chow, Kevin Myron, Jaden Stone, Mark Hubbell, Elizabeth Schriock, Carol Hunt, W. Kent Khtikian, C. Sarah Cohen
Summary: Several taxa within the bryozoan genus Watersipora have been successful marine invaders and are commonly found in marine fouling communities in bays and harbors. Recent observations suggest that these invasive species have spread to natural intertidal and subtidal habitats on the central California coast, indicating a greater invasive potential than previously thought. COI sequencing of new Watersipora specimens from rocky intertidal sites revealed the presence of Watersipora subtorquata and a new species. The haplotypes identified in this study were previously reported in California harbors and marinas, suggesting that the intertidal populations may have originated from existing populations in harbors rather than independent invasions. Field observations also indicated that Watersipora can persist year-round at rocky intertidal sites, which has important implications for invasion dynamics and management strategies. Further sequencing of outer coast Watersipora samples is crucial to better understand the genetic diversity and dynamics of their spread.
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Microbiology
Rebecca J. Stevick, Anton F. Post, Marta Gomez-Chiarri
Summary: The study investigated the impact of environmental parameters on oyster-associated microbial community structure and function, finding significant differences in bacterial community structure between oyster gut and water samples, as well as selective preferences of oysters for certain taxa. Furthermore, the expression of oyster-associated microbial genes involved in nutrient cycling varied throughout the bay based on local nutrient regimes and environmental conditions.
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Microbiology
Hilary J. Ranson, Jason LaPorte, Edward Spinard, Andrei Y. Chistoserdov, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley
MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
(2019)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Attila Csaba Kondor, Anna Viktoria Vancsik, Laszlo Bauer, Lili Szabo, Zoltan Szalai, Gergely Jakab, Gabor Maasz, Marta Pedrosa, Maria Jose Sampaio, Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro
Summary: This review provides a critical overview of research on the removal efficiency of priority substances and compounds of emerging concern through bank filtration, discussing influencing factors and future challenges. The findings show that the efficiency of bank filtration is influenced by multiple factors and varies for different substances.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Xinyan Wang, Shuai Zhang, Huihui Yan, Zhao Ma, Yunshan Zhang, Haining Luo, Xueli Yang
Summary: This study investigated the association between ambient PM2.5, O3 pollution, and ovarian reserve in reproductive-aged Chinese women. The results showed that increased exposure to PM2.5 and O3 was associated with decreased AMH levels, indicating reduced ovarian reserve. Notably, the effects of O3 exposure on ovarian reserve were different from those of PM2.5 exposure.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Tingting Ma, Yanjuan Ding, Fengjiao Xu, Chen Zhang, Min Zhou, Ya Tang, Yanrong Chen, Yating Wen, Rufei Chen, Bin Tang, Shigui Wang
Summary: The dragonfly species Orthetrum albistylum can accumulate heavy metals, and its heat shock protein genes have the potential to serve as biomarkers for monitoring environmental pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Naoto Ishiwaka, Koya Hashimoto, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa, Francisco Sanchez-Bayo, Taku Kadoya, Daisuke Hayasaka
Summary: Systemic insecticides and rising temperatures have combined effects on the abundance of Odonata nymphs in paddy fields. The standalone effect of insecticide exposure decreased the Odonata community, while nymphs decreased synergistically with temperature rise in paddy water. However, the impacts of each stressor alone varied among species.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marco Vecchiato, Carlo Barbante, Elena Barbaro, Francois Burgay, Warren R. L. Cairns, Alice Callegaro, David Cappelletti, Federico Dallo, Marianna D'Amico, Matteo Feltracco, Jean-Charles Gallet, Andrea Gambaro, Catherine Larose, Niccolo Maffezzoli, Mauro Mazzola, Ivan Sartorato, Federico Scoto, Clara Turetta, Massimiliano Varde, Zhiyong Xie, Andrea Spolaor
Summary: The Arctic region is facing contamination from long-range pollution and local human activities. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are used as environmental indicators for emission, transport, and deposition processes. Research conducted in the Arctic surface snow in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard from October 2018 to May 2019 shows that long-range inputs of PAHs mainly occur in winter, while the most abundant analyte retene exhibits opposite seasonal trends.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Maoshui Zhuo, Zhijie Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Wei Wei, Yansong Shen, Bing-Jie Ni
Summary: This paper discusses the application of three catalytic processes (photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and biocatalysis) in the management of microplastic pollution, and introduces the efficiency and catalytic mechanisms of different catalysts. It also proposes the development prospects for sustainable management of microplastic pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Shiyu Chen, Zhenzhen Shi, Qiang Zhang
Summary: In this study, a human physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of diethyl phthalate (DEP) was developed to assess its toxicity. The model considers the distribution and metabolism of DEP and its active metabolite monoethyl phthalate (MEP) in different tissue compartments. Sensitivity analysis and Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations were performed to evaluate the uncertainty and variability of the model parameters. The results suggest that dermal absorption is an important route of exposure to DEP in the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Bangguo Wang, Lijing Wang, Wenxi Cen, Tao Lyu, Peter Jarvis, Yang Zhang, Yuanxun Zhang, Yinghui Han, Lei Wang, Gang Pan, Kaili Zhang, Wei Fan
Summary: This study investigates the feasibility and mechanisms of a chemical-free nanobubble-based AOP for treating organic micropollutants in water. The results show that the oxygen nanobubble AOP has a significantly higher removal efficiency compared to air and nitrogen nanobubbles. The treatment performance is not affected by pH and the presence of ions. Higher initial concentrations of the micropollutant lead to slower treatment processes, but similar removal performance is achieved in the end. The presence of organic matter reduces the removal rate of the micropollutant. The results have practical feasibility for water and wastewater treatment.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Yingmei Huang, Jicai Yi, Yao Huang, Songxiong Zhong, Bin Zhao, Jing Zhou, Yuxuan Wang, Yiwen Zhu, Yanhong Du, Fangbai Li
Summary: This study investigates the impact of biochar on methylmercury (MeHg) accumulation in rice. The results show that biochar reduces MeHg levels in paddy soils by decreasing bioavailable Hg and microbial Hg methylation. Additionally, biochar decreases the uptake and translocation of MeHg in rice plants, resulting in a reduction of MeHg accumulation in rice grains.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Nengde Zeng, Fei Huang, Jiani Du, Chenghao Huang, Qian Yang, Xinhua Zhan, Baoshan Xing
Summary: This study investigates the protein targets and protein-ligand interactions related to PAH contamination in crop xylem sap using computational tools. The results show that phenanthrene has a more pronounced effect on the xylem sap proteins of maize and wheat, with maize DEPs associated with lipid biosynthesis and wheat DEPs exhibiting an increase in ABC transporters. This study provides insights into the regulation and movement of PAHs within plant xylem.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Xinwei Chen, Hao Ma, Run Wang, Man Wang, Binbin Zhu, Yanqing Cong, Xiayue Zhu, Guoqin Wang, Yi Zhang
Summary: Co3O4/TiO2-NRs electrodes with excellent photoresponse were prepared via plasma-assisted modification of Co3O4 on TiO2. The combination of Co3O4 and TiO2 improved the light utilization efficiency and showed potential for degradation of pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Wenjing Ji, Liying Song, Jing Wang, Hongqing Song
Summary: This study conducted a life-cycle assessment to examine the correlation between natural gas consumption and carbon emissions in different end uses in China. The results showed that both natural gas consumption and life-cycle carbon emissions have been increasing since 2017. Significant variations in NG life-cycle carbon emissions were found across different provinces and sectors, highlighting the need for targeted efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Youyi Chen, Boxuan Zhang, Pojun Zhang, Guogui Shi, Hao Liang, Wu Cai, Jingyu Gao, Sumin Zhuang, Kaiyin Luo, Jiaqi Zhu, Chaoxiang Chen, Kunyu Ma, Jinrong Chen, Chun Hu, Xueci Xing
Summary: The synergistic effects of trace sulfadiazine and cast-iron corrosion scales on the formation of disinfection by-products in drinking water distribution systems were investigated. The presence of magnetite resulted in increased concentrations of DBPs due to the higher microbial activity and enhanced microbial extracellular electron transport pathway. The study highlights the importance of considering trace antibiotics pollution and corrosion scales in water sources for DBP control.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Bishwa Raj Pokharel, Vijay Sheri, Manoj Kumar, Zhiyong Zhang, Baohong Zhang
Summary: This review summarizes the interactions, uptake, and transport of aluminum nanoparticles (Al-NPs) in plants, highlighting their negative effects on plant growth and development, as well as their potential to alter plant defense systems and gene expression.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Yonglu Wang, Fengsong Zhang, Xiaoyong Liao, Xiao Yang, Guixiang Zhang, Liyun Zhang, Chaojun Wei, Pengge Shi, Jiongxin Wen, Xiaorong Ju, Can Xu, Yang Liu, Ying Lan
Summary: This study aims to explore the effects of thiencarbazone-methyl center dot isoxaflutole on soil microflora and the potential mitigation mechanisms to bacterial communities. It was found that increasing the application of thiencarbazone-methyl center dot isoxaflutole resulted in increased stress on soil bacterial community structure and diversity. Increasing soil pH was recognized as a key factor in improving the diversity and structure of soil microflora. Supplemental use of nitrapyrin or modified attapulgite can increase soil pH and improve bacterial diversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
